CVE-2011-1404 Information disclosure in n/a
Authenticated users can access sensitive friend and email data via unrestricted AJAX responses in Mahara.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2011-1404?
CVE-2011-1404 is a medium-severity 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 does not properly restrict the data in responses to AJAX calls, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information via a request associated with (1) blocktype/myfriends/myfriends.json.php, (2) json/usersearch.php, (3) group/membersearchresults.json.php, or (4) json/friendsearch.php, as demonstrated by information about friends and e-mail addresses.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-1404?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mahara Mahara.
How do I fix CVE-2011-1404?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2011-1404 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-1404 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mahara Mahara
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fjwm-vprq-674q.