CVE-2017-9551

6.1 mediumEPSS 0.6%

Medium (6.1) in mahara mahara. EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Mahara 15.04 before 15.04.14 and 16.04 before 16.04.8 and 16.10 before 16.10.5 and 17.04 before 17.04.3 are vulnerable to a user submitting potential dangerous payload, e.g. XSS code, to be saved as their name in the usr_registration table. The values are then emailed to the the user and administrator and if accepted become part of the new user's account.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

6.1 medium

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 51% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-79
Published: 2017-09-25
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

mahara:mahara

References

https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1697308
https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=8040
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1697308
https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=8040

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