5.9med
CVE-2017-17455
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,…
Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
5.9
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.6%
percentile 49%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
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.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.60% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 49% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation
References
- mahara.org /interaction/forum/topic.php?id=8150 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- bugs.launchpad.net /mahara/+bug/1734767 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
- reviews.mahara.org /#/c/8312/ · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2017-17455
- NVD: CVE-2017-17455
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