CVE-2017-17455 (GCVE-0-2017-17455)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-02-20 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 20:51
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Mahara 16.10 before 16.10.7, 17.04 before 17.04.5, and 17.10 before 17.10.2 are vulnerable to being forced, via a man-in-the-middle attack, to interact with Mahara on the HTTP protocol rather than HTTPS even when an SSL certificate is present.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=8150 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1734767 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://reviews.mahara.org/#/c/8312/ | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Date Public
2018-01-16 00:00
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