{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-9551 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2017-9551 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2017-9551 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Mahara Mahara, published on 25 Sep 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2017-9551 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2017-9551 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Mahara Mahara, published on 25 Sep 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-9551 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Mahara Mahara. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-9551/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-9551/index.md)","id":"CVE-2017-9551","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-9551/index.md","name":"CVE-2017-9551","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-fr7x-7pwg-jqwx"],"analysis":{"component_type":"web_application","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution","account_takeover"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Mahara ePortfolio","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Attackers can inject malicious scripts via user registration names, leading to code execution or account takeover when emails are viewed.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"xss"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"mitre","cpe":[{"product":"mahara","vendor":"mahara"}],"cvss":{"score":6.1,"severity":"medium","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","version":"3.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-79","name":"Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation"}],"description":"Mahara 15.04 before 15.04.14 and 16.04 before 16.04.8 and 16.10 before 16.10.5 and 17.04 before 17.04.3 are vulnerable to a user submitting potential dangerous payload, e.g. XSS code, to be saved as their name in the usr_registration table. The values are then emailed to the the user and administrator and if accepted become part of the new user's account.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":false,"headline":"Cross-site scripting in n/a","id":"CVE-2017-9551","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"mahara:mahara","products":["mahara:mahara"],"type":"xss","year":"2017"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"Information disclosure in Synology Photo Station","id":"CVE-2017-9552"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Cross-site scripting in n/a","id":"CVE-2017-9548"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2017-09-25","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Deserialization in n/a","id":"CVE-2022-45134","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-08-22"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Command injection in n/a","id":"CVE-2022-44544","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-11-06"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Auth bypass in n/a","id":"CVE-2021-40849","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-11-03"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Auth bypass in n/a","id":"CVE-2017-1000152","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2017-11-03"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Auth bypass in n/a","id":"CVE-2017-1000153","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2017-11-03"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Auth bypass in n/a","id":"CVE-2017-1000154","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2017-11-03"},{"cvss_score":9.1,"headline":"Information disclosure in n/a","id":"CVE-2024-39335","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-08-26"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-05","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Attackers can inject malicious scripts via user registration names, leading to code execution or account takeover when emails are viewed.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-9551/"}