Vulnerability · Published Nov 2, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-43264
Low 3.3
In plain English
A low-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 47% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)3.3Low
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 53.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
In Mahara before 20.04.5, 20.10.3, 21.04.2, and 21.10.0, adjusting the path component for the page help file allows attackers to bypass the intended access control for HTML files via directory traversal. It replaces the - character with the / character.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1944979 x_refsource_MISC
- https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=8954 x_refsource_MISC