CVE-2017-9551

CVSS 6.1 - MEDIUM
Description

Mahara 15.04 before 15.04.14 and 16.04 before 16.04.8 and 16.10 before 16.10.5 and 17.04 before 17.04.3 are vulnerable to a user submitting potential dangerous payload, e.g. XSS code, to be saved as their name in the usr_registration table. The values are then emailed to the the user and administrator and if accepted become part of the new user's account.

Affected Products
38
Vendor Product Version
mahara mahara 15.04
mahara mahara 15.04
mahara mahara 15.04.0
mahara mahara 15.04.1
mahara mahara 15.04.2
mahara mahara 15.04.3
mahara mahara 15.04.4
mahara mahara 15.04.5
mahara mahara 15.04.6
mahara mahara 15.04.7
mahara mahara 15.04.8
mahara mahara 15.04.9
mahara mahara 15.04.10
mahara mahara 15.04.11
mahara mahara 15.04.12
mahara mahara 15.04.13
mahara mahara 16.04
mahara mahara 16.04
mahara mahara 16.04.0
mahara mahara 16.04.1
mahara mahara 16.04.2
mahara mahara 16.04.3
mahara mahara 16.04.4
mahara mahara 16.04.5
mahara mahara 16.04.6
mahara mahara 16.04.7
mahara mahara 16.10
mahara mahara 16.10
mahara mahara 16.10.0
mahara mahara 16.10.1
mahara mahara 16.10.2
mahara mahara 16.10.3
mahara mahara 16.10.4
mahara mahara 17.04
mahara mahara 17.04
mahara mahara 17.04.0
mahara mahara 17.04.1
mahara mahara 17.04.2
Weakness Types
CWE-79
CVE Information
CVE ID:
CVE-2017-9551
Published:
2017-09-25
Modified:
2026-05-13
CVSS Score:
6.1
Severity:
MEDIUM
Vector:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Affected Vendors
mahara
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CVSS Severity Scale
0.0 - 3.9 LOW
4.0 - 6.9 MEDIUM
7.0 - 8.9 HIGH
9.0 - 10.0 CRITICAL