# CVE-2011-1402: Missing authorization in n/a

> Authenticated users can bypass access restrictions to view or modify other users' plans, blogs, and views due to missing authorization checks.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 13 May 2011
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gvxq-7mqc-6hc7

## What is CVE-2011-1402?

CVE-2011-1402 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Mahara Mahara, published on 13 May 2011. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Mahara before 1.3.6 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions, and suspend a user account, edit a view, visit a view, edit a plan artefact, read a plans block, read a plan artefact, edit a blog, read a blog block, read a blog artefact, or access a block, via a request associated with (1) admin/users/search.json.php, (2) view/newviewtoken.json.php, (3) lib/mahara.php, (4) artefact/plans/tasks.json.php, (5) artefact/plans/viewtasks.json.php, (6) artefact/blog/view/index.json.php, (7) artefact/blog/posts.json.php, or (8) blocktype/myfriends/myfriends.json.php, related to incorrect privilege enforcement, a missing user id check, and incorrect enforcement of the Overriding Start/Stop Dates setting.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-1402?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mahara Mahara.

## How do I fix CVE-2011-1402?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2011-1402 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-1402 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2011-1402 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2011-1402 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Mahara Mahara, published on 13 May 2011. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-1402 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-2011-1402/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-1402/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1402
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1402
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2011-1402

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