Secunia Security Advisory - Two vulnerabilities have been reported in Mahara, which can be exploited by malicious users to conduct script insertion attacks and by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
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TITLE:
Mahara Script Insertion and Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA50127
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RELEASE DATE:
2012-08-02
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DESCRIPTION:
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in Mahara, which can be
exploited by malicious users to conduct script insertion attacks and
by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
1) Input passed via the URL to e.g. htdocs/admin/users/changeuser.php
is not properly sanitised in htdocs/auth/lib.php before being returned
to the user after redirection to the login form. This can be exploited
to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session
in context of an affected site.
2) Input passed via "Insert/Edit Image" within an Edit blog is not
properly sanitised before being used. This can be exploited to insert
arbitrary HTML and script code, which will be executed in a user's
browser session in context of an affected site if malicious data is
viewed.
The vulnerabilities are reported in versions prior to 1.5.2 and prior
to 1.4.3.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.5.2 or 1.4.3.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
1) The vendor credits Emanuel Bronshtein.
2) Reported by the vendor.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Mahara:
https://launchpad.net/mahara/+milestone/1.5.2
https://launchpad.net/mahara/+milestone/1.4.3
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1009784
http://gitorious.org/mahara/mahara/commit/27ed05dce355cb03036e437c4ebab9235dd245ab
http://gitorious.org/mahara/mahara/commit/ee09f848601211b7dcc4d797aa2e7cbdad9e80c5
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