fkie_cve-2024-39923
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2025-08-25 14:15
Modified
2025-09-05 17:04
Summary
An issue was discovered in Mahara 24.04 before 24.04.2 and 23.04 before 23.04.7. The About, Contact, and Help footer links can be set up to be vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) due to not sanitising the values. These links can only be set up by an admin but are clickable by any logged-in person.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mahara mahara *
mahara mahara *



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              "versionEndExcluding": "23.04.7",
              "versionStartIncluding": "23.04.0",
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            },
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      "value": "An issue was discovered in Mahara 24.04 before 24.04.2 and 23.04 before 23.04.7. The About, Contact, and Help footer links can be set up to be vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) due to not sanitising the values. These links can only be set up by an admin but are clickable by any logged-in person."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "Se detect\u00f3 un problema en Mahara 24.04 (antes de la versi\u00f3n 24.04.2) y 23.04 (antes de la versi\u00f3n 23.04.7). Los enlaces de pie de p\u00e1gina \"About\", \"Contact\" y \"Help\" pueden configurarse para ser vulnerables a ataques de Cross Site Scripting (XSS) debido a la falta de depuraci\u00f3n de los valores. Estos enlaces solo pueden ser configurados por un administrador, pero cualquier persona que haya iniciado sesi\u00f3n puede hacer clic en ellos."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2024-39923",
  "lastModified": "2025-09-05T17:04:45.083",
  "metrics": {
    "cvssMetricV31": [
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        "cvssData": {
          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "availabilityImpact": "NONE",
          "baseScore": 6.1,
          "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
          "confidentialityImpact": "LOW",
          "integrityImpact": "LOW",
          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
          "scope": "CHANGED",
          "userInteraction": "REQUIRED",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
          "version": "3.1"
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  "published": "2025-08-25T14:15:29.937",
  "references": [
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      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "tags": [
        "Vendor Advisory"
      ],
      "url": "https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=9546"
    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "url": "https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/view.php?id=43"
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  "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org",
  "vulnStatus": "Analyzed",
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      "type": "Secondary"
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