CVE-2009-3298 Privilege escalation in n/a
Medium 6.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2009-3298 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2009-3298 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mahara Mahara, published on 3 Nov 2009. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-3298 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Mahara Mahara. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-3298/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-3298/index.md)
Authenticated institution administrators can reset site administrator passwords, leading to privilege escalation and account takeover.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2009-3298?
CVE-2009-3298 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mahara Mahara, published on 3 Nov 2009. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Mahara before 1.0.13, and 1.1.x before 1.1.7, allows remote authenticated institution administrators to reset a site administrator password via unspecified vectors.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-3298?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mahara Mahara.
How do I fix CVE-2009-3298?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2009-3298 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-3298 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mahara Mahara
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fq36-f3jg-qjrw.