CVE-2012-2253 Cross-site scripting in n/a

What is CVE-2012-2253?

CVE-2012-2253 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting 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

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in group/members.php in Mahara 1.5.x before 1.5.7 and 1.6.x before 1.6.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query parameter.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-2253?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mahara Mahara.

How do I fix CVE-2012-2253?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2012-2253 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-2253 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
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-8v99-pr2q-2j4p.