CVE-2012-2246 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
Medium 6.8
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2012-2246 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2012-2246 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mahara Mahara, published on 24 Nov 2012. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-2246 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-2012-2246/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2246/index.md)
Remote attackers can trick authenticated users into deleting arbitrary accounts via clickjacking, bypassing CSRF protections in Mahara.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2012-2246?
CVE-2012-2246 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mahara Mahara, published on 24 Nov 2012. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Mahara 1.4.x before 1.4.5 and 1.5.x before 1.5.4 allows remote attackers to conduct clickjacking attacks to delete arbitrary users and bypass CSRF protection via account/delete.php.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-2246?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mahara Mahara.
How do I fix CVE-2012-2246?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2012-2246 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-2246 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mahara Mahara
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f562-34hv-qg95.