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TITLE:
Mahara Multiple Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA40431

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RELEASE DATE:
2010-07-03

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DESCRIPTION:
Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Mahara, which can be
exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting,
cross-site request forgery, and SQL injection attacks and bypass
certain security restrictions.

1) Input passed to unspecified parameters is not properly sanitised
before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute
arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context
of an affected site.

2) A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in the bundled version
of HTML Purifier.

For more information:
SA39613

3) The application allows users to perform certain actions via HTTP
requests without performing any validity checks to verify the
requests. This can be exploited to modify unspecified content hosted
by the application if a logged-in user visits a malicious web site.

4) Input passed via unspecified parameters is not properly sanitised
before being used in a SQL query. This can be exploited to manipulate
SQL queries by injecting arbitrary SQL code.

This vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 1.1.9, and 1.2.5
only.

5) An error within the authentication mechanism when handling login
attempts for Single-Sign-On (SSO) accounts can be exploited to bypass
the authentication by providing a valid username and an empty
password.

The vulnerabilities are reported in versions prior to 1.0.15, 1.1.9,
and 1.2.5.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.0.15, 1.1.9, or 1.2.5.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://wiki.mahara.org/Release_Notes/1.0.15
http://wiki.mahara.org/Release_Notes/1.1.9
http://wiki.mahara.org/Release_Notes/1.2.5

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