CVE-2017-1000144 Cross-site scripting in n/a
Administrators can inject malicious HTML and JavaScript into institution names, leading to cross-site scripting attacks against other users.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-1000144?
CVE-2017-1000144 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Mahara Mahara, published on 3 Nov 2017. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Mahara 1.9 before 1.9.6 and 1.10 before 1.10.4 and 15.04 before 15.04.1 are vulnerable to a site admin or institution admin being able to place HTML and Javascript into an institution display name, which will be displayed to other users unescaped on some Mahara system pages.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-1000144?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mahara Mahara.
How do I fix CVE-2017-1000144?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-1000144 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
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-2017-1000144 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-1000144 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mahara Mahara
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jv29-2rwp-9x99.