Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 24, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2012-6037
CVE-2012-6037
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Mahara 1.4.x before 1.4.5 and 1.5.x before 1.5.4, and other versions including 1.2, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a CSV header with "unknown fields," which are not properly handled in error messages in the (1) bulk user, (2) group, and (3) group member upload capabilities. NOTE: this issue was originally part of CVE-2012-2243, but that ID was SPLIT due to different issues by different researchers.
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Affected products
16cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 15 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.4:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.4:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.4:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.4:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.5:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:1.5:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 1.2, <1.4.5, <1.5.4
Patches
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References
3- mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.phpnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2591nvd
- bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1063480nvd
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