Mahara before 1.5.13, 1.6.x before 1.6.8, and 1.7.x before 1.7.4 does not properly restrict access to folders, which allows remote authenti…

published 2014-05-19 12y ago modified 2026-06-16 4mo ago also EUVD-2013-4309

cvss: 4.0; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.1%; EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 66%
public exploits: 0; none known

Mahara before 1.5.13, 1.6.x before 1.6.8, and 1.7.x before 1.7.4 does not properly restrict access to folders, which allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary folders (1) by leveraging an active folder tab loaded before permissions were removed or (2) via the folder parameter to artefact/file/groupfiles.php.

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Exploit prediction

1.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	4.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness

CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2013/10/08/3
mailing-list
mahara.org /interaction/forum/topic.php?id=5864
openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2013/10/15/1
mailing-list
openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2013/10/16/7
mailing-list
bugs.launchpad.net /mahara/+bug/1034180

Sources

CVE List CVE-2013-4432
NVD CVE-2013-4432

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