CVE-2012-2351

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2012-2351 · Published 12/07/2012 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2012-2351 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting mahara (mahara).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.1%, higher than 81.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
mahara mahara	`= 0.9.0= 0.9.1= 0.9.2= 1.0.0= 1.0.1= 1.0.10= 1.0.11= 1.0.12= 1.0.13= 1.0.14= 1.0.15= 1.0.2= 1.0.3= 1.0.4= 1.0.5= 1.0.6= 1.0.7= 1.0.8= 1.0.9= 1.1= 1.1.0= 1.1.1= 1.1.2= 1.1.3= 1.1.4= 1.1.5= 1.1.6= 1.1.7= 1.1.8= 1.1.9= 1.2.0= 1.2.1= 1.2.2= 1.2.3= 1.2.4= 1.2.5= 1.2.6= 1.3.0= 1.3.1= 1.3.2= 1.3.3= 1.3.4= 1.3.5= 1.3.6= 1.3.7= 1.3.8= 1.4= 1.4.0≤ 1.4.1`	No fix yet

Description

The default configuration of the auth/saml plugin in Mahara before 1.4.2 sets the "Match username attribute to Remote username" option to false, which allows remote SAML IdP servers to spoof users of other SAML IdP servers by using the same internal username.

References

gitorious.org/mahara/mahara/commit/f07be6020e70fa8f53cd77fdcd63e7fd7ff8aaea · Issue Tracking
debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2467 · Third Party Advisory
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/11/9 · Mailing List
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/12/4 · Mailing List
bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/932909 · Issue Tracking

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Patched versions

mahara

= 0.9.0= 0.9.1= 0.9.2= 1.0.0= 1.0.1= 1.0.10= 1.0.11= 1.0.12= 1.0.13= 1.0.14= 1.0.15= 1.0.2= 1.0.3= 1.0.4= 1.0.5= 1.0.6= 1.0.7= 1.0.8= 1.0.9= 1.1= 1.1.0= 1.1.1= 1.1.2= 1.1.3= 1.1.4= 1.1.5= 1.1.6= 1.1.7= 1.1.8= 1.1.9= 1.2.0= 1.2.1= 1.2.2= 1.2.3= 1.2.4= 1.2.5= 1.2.6= 1.3.0= 1.3.1= 1.3.2= 1.3.3= 1.3.4= 1.3.5= 1.3.6= 1.3.7= 1.3.8= 1.4= 1.4.0≤ 1.4.1

No fix yet

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