CVE-2024-39923 json
An issue was discovered in Mahara 24.04 before 24.04.2 and 23.04 before 23.04.7.
published 2025-08-25 14 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-54911
- cvss
- 6.1
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 15%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
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.
Patch / fix
- mahara mahara 23.04.7
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 14 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 15% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA ADP | 3.1 | 6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| CNA | 3.1 | 6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
References
-
mahara.org
/interaction/forum/view.php?id=43
vendor-advisory
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mahara.org
/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=9546
vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2024-39923
- NVD CVE-2024-39923
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