CVE-2024-47853 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2024-47853?

CVE-2024-47853 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mahara Mahara, published on 26 Aug 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered in Mahara 23.04.8 and 24.04.4. Attackers may utilize escalation of privileges in certain cases when logging into Mahara with Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI).

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-47853?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Mahara Mahara.

How do I fix CVE-2024-47853?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-47853 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2024-47853 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-47853 exists.

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-5xmr-2pwp-9cfm.