CVE-2012-2239
CRITICAL
9.1
CVSS Score
Published: November 24, 2012 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:41 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxMahara
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Severity
CRITICAL9.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (3)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANMailing List
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2591x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1047111x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=4869CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-611
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