CVE-2017-17455

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Published Feb 20, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 5.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara::::::::

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-8619	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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.605% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1734767
https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=8150
https://reviews.mahara.org/#/c/8312/

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Mahara Mahara

Weaknesses

CWE-295

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 8:51 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Feb 20, 2018, 10:00 PM
Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 8:51 PM
Reserved: Dec 6, 2017, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 1:10 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Feb 20, 2018, 10:29 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 1:10 AM

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