Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 6, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-44544
CVE-2022-44544
Description
Mahara 21.04 before 21.04.7, 21.10 before 21.10.5, 22.04 before 22.04.3, and 22.10 before 22.10.0 potentially allow a PDF export to trigger a remote shell if the site is running on Ubuntu and the flag -dSAFER is not set with Ghostscript.
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Affected products
4cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=21.04.0,<21.04.7
- cpe:2.3:a:mahara:mahara:22.10.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: 21.04 < 21.04.7, 21.10 < 21.10.5, 22.04 < 22.04.3, 22.10 < 22.10.0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1979575nvdIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.phpnvdVendor Advisory
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