VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2017-14163

high
Published 2017-10-31 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
6.5
VIR risk
8.8

Description

An issue was discovered in Mahara before 15.04.14, 16.x before 16.04.8, 16.10.x before 16.10.5, and 17.x before 17.04.3. When one closes the browser without logging out of Mahara, the value in the usr_session table is not removed. If someone were to open a browser, visit the Mahara site, and adjust the 'mahara' cookie to the old value, they can get access to the user's account.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
92%
Patch ETA
—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1701978

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
maharamahara15.04
maharamahara15.04.0
maharamahara15.04.1
maharamahara15.04.2
maharamahara15.04.3
maharamahara15.04.4
maharamahara15.04.5
maharamahara15.04.6
maharamahara15.04.7
maharamahara15.04.8
maharamahara15.04.9
maharamahara15.04.10
maharamahara15.04.11
maharamahara15.04.12
maharamahara15.04.13
maharamahara16.04
maharamahara16.04.0
maharamahara16.04.1
maharamahara16.04.2
maharamahara16.04.3
maharamahara16.04.4
maharamahara16.04.5
maharamahara16.04.6
maharamahara16.04.7
maharamahara16.10
maharamahara16.10.0
maharamahara16.10.1
maharamahara16.10.2
maharamahara16.10.3
maharamahara16.10.4
maharamahara17.04
maharamahara17.04.0
maharamahara17.04.1
maharamahara17.04.2

References

CWEs

CWE-384

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.