CVE-2017-1000155 Missing authorization in n/a
Attackers can view any user's uploaded profile pictures without authentication due to missing access control checks in Mahara.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-1000155?
CVE-2017-1000155 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Mahara Mahara, published on 3 Nov 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Mahara 15.04 before 15.04.8 and 15.10 before 15.10.4 and 16.04 before 16.04.2 are vulnerable to profile pictures being accessed without any access control checks consequently allowing any of a user's uploaded profile pictures to be viewable by anyone, whether or not they were currently selected as the "default" or used in any pages.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-1000155?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mahara Mahara.
How do I fix CVE-2017-1000155?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-1000155 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2017-1000155 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-1000155 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Mahara Mahara
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7hj3-xgg9-64qm.