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CVE-2017-14163 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:8.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1701978 CVEIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1701978 [email protected]Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-384Session Fixation[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
mahara mahara
15.04 rc1
15.04 rc2
15.04.0
15.04.1
15.04.2

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:15.04:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:15.04:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:15.04.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:15.04.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:15.04.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:15.04.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:15.04.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:15.04.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:15.04.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:15.04.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:15.04.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:15.04.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:15.04.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:15.04.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:15.04.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:15.04.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:16.04:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:16.04:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:16.04.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:16.04.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:16.04.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:16.04.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:16.04.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:16.04.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:16.04.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:16.04.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:16.10:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:16.10:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:16.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:16.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:16.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:16.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:16.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:17.04:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:17.04:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:17.04.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:17.04.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:17.04.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-14163
NVD Published Date:
Oct 31, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2017-14163 Details - Not Deferred