CVE-2017-14163 Information

Description

An issue was discovered in Mahara before 15.04.14 16.x before 16.04.8 16.10.x before 16.10.5 and 17.x before 17.04.3. When one closes the browser without logging out of Mahara the value in the usr_session table is not removed. If someone were to open a browser visit the Mahara site and adjust the ‘mahara’ cookie to the old value they can get access to the user’s account.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1701978

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.8