CVE-2021-43266
7.3 HIGHIn 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 meta...
Published: 2021-11-02 · Last updated: 2026-06-17
Severity and scoring
- CVSS
- 7.3 HIGH
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CWE
- CWE-78
Affected products
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| mahara | mahara |
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
Source: NVD
References
- [NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-43266
- [Exploit reference]https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1942903
- [Other]https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1949527
- [Vendor advisory]https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=8952
- [Vendor advisory]https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=8995
- [Exploit reference]https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1942903
- [Other]https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1949527
- [Vendor advisory]https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=8952
- [Vendor advisory]https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=8995
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