CVE-2009-2171 Missing authorization in n/a

What is CVE-2009-2171?

CVE-2009-2171 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Mahara Mahara, published on 23 Jun 2009. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Mahara 1.1 before 1.1.5 does not apply permission checks when saving a view that contains artefacts, which allows remote authenticated users to read another user's artefact.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-2171?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mahara Mahara.

How do I fix CVE-2009-2171?

No fix has been published for CVE-2009-2171 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2009-2171 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-2171 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Mahara Mahara

• CVE-2022-45134 Deserialization in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-44544 Command injection in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-40849 Auth bypass in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-1000152 Auth bypass in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-1000153 Auth bypass in n/a Critical 9.8

All Mahara Mahara vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-7prf-5qjr-qmp5.