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CVE-2025-61872 Details

ANALYZED

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Description

Mahara before 25.04.2 and 24.04.11 are vulnerable to displaying results that can trigger XSS via a malicious search query string. This occurs in the 'search site' feature when using the Elasticsearch7 search plugin. The Elasticsearch function does not properly sanitize input in the query parameter.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

VolerionCVSS-B:6.1 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CNA: CISA-ADPCVSS-B:6.1 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://mahara.org	[email protected]	Vendor
https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=9851	[email protected]	AdvisoryBundleRemedyVendor

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-79	Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')	CISA-ADP

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Mahara	< 25.04.2 (semver) < 24.04.11 (semver)
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:::::::: Remediation Upgrade: 25.04.2moderate efforthttps://git.mahara.org/catalyst/mahara/-/releases/25.04.2_RELEASE Upgrade: 24.04.11moderate efforthttps://git.mahara.org/catalyst/mahara/-/releases/24.04.11_RELEASE

Change History

4 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	CISA-ADP
Apr 24, 2026	CVE Modified	CISA-ADP
Apr 24, 2026	New CVE Received	[email protected]