VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2022-44544
CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability0.83%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-11-06
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
Weakness classification
- CWE-250: Execution with Unnecessary Privileges
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Vendor Advisory