Vulnerability · Published Nov 2, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-43266
High 7.3
In plain English
A high-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 1.3% (higher than 71% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.3High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.3%top 28.9% 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, exporting collections via PDF export could lead to code execution via shell metacharacters in a collection name. Additional, in Mahara before 20.10.4, 21.04.3, and 21.10.1, exporting collections via PDF export could cause code execution
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1942903 x_refsource_MISC
- https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=8952 x_refsource_MISC
- https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=8995 x_refsource_MISC
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1949527 x_refsource_MISC