FKIE_CVE-2012-2246

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-11-24 20:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:41
Severity
Summary
Mahara 1.4.x before 1.4.5 and 1.5.x before 1.5.4 allows remote attackers to conduct clickjacking attacks to delete arbitrary users and bypass CSRF protection via account/delete.php.
References
security@debian.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2591
security@debian.orghttps://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1057240
security@debian.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79273
security@debian.orghttps://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=4939Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2591
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1057240
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79273
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=4939Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
mahara mahara 1.4
mahara mahara 1.4
mahara mahara 1.4
mahara mahara 1.4
mahara mahara 1.4.0
mahara mahara 1.4.1
mahara mahara 1.4.2
mahara mahara 1.4.3
mahara mahara 1.4.4
mahara mahara 1.5
mahara mahara 1.5
mahara mahara 1.5.0
mahara mahara 1.5.1
mahara mahara 1.5.2
mahara mahara 1.5.3
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