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CVE-2012-2351

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-16 Configuration Errors
Publication date:
12/07/2012
Last modified:
11/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1.4.1 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:0.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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