CVE-2017-15273
Status: ModifiedMedium (5.4)—
Mahara 15.04 before 15.04.15, 16.04 before 16.04.9, 16.10 before 16.10.6, and 17.04 before 17.04.4 are vulnerable to a user submitting a potential dangerous payload, e.g., XSS code, to be saved as titles in internal artefacts.
CVSS
- Version: 3.0
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Base score: 5.4
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.79%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 55
- Score date: 10/7/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- CWE-79
References
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1719472
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1719480
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1720034
- https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=8081
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1719472
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1719480
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1720034
- https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=8081
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