Description
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the pieforms implementation in Mahara before 1.3.6 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of arbitrary users for requests to any form, related to inappropriate regeneration of session keys.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 6.0 | mahara | 1.2.6-2+squeeze2 | DSA-2246-1 |
| Debian 5.0 | mahara | 1.0.4-4+lenny10 | DSA-2246-1 |
Advisories 1
- DSA-2246-1 mahara - several vulnerabilities Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
References
- https://launchpad.net/mahara/+milestone/1.3.6
- https://launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/771598
- mahara-unspecified-csrf(67398) vdb-entry
- 47798 vdb-entry
- 44433 third-party-advisory
- DSA-2246 vendor-advisory