CVE-2012-2239
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.1EPSS 1.6%EU EUVD
Mahara 1.4.x before 1.4.4 and 1.5.x before 1.5.3 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or create TCP connections via an XML external entity (XXE) injection attack, as demonstrated by reading config.php.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.1 (v3.1)
- Severity
- CRITICAL
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-611
- EPSS score
- 1.6% (75th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-2232)
- Published
- November 24, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-2232 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- debian / debian linux
- mahara / mahara
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2591(Mailing List)
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1047111(Issue Tracking, Patch)
- https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=4869(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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