CVE-2012-2243

Published Nov 24, 2012 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 2.9% KEV · Not listed
Description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mahara 1.4.x before 1.4.5 and 1.5.x before 1.5.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by uploading an XML file with the xhtml extension, which is rendered inline as script. NOTE: this can be leveraged with CVE-2012-2244 to execute arbitrary code without authentication, as demonstrated by modifying the clamav path.

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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2591-1 mahara security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-2236 Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Mahara 1.4.x before 1.4.5 and 1.5.x before 1.5.4 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML by uploading an XML file with the xhtml extension, which is rendered inline as script. NOTE: this can be leveraged with CVE-2012-2244 to execute arbitrary code without authentication, as demonstrated by modifying the clamav path.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
debian
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 7:26 PM
Reserved
Apr 16, 2012, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 24, 2012, 8:55 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:41 PM