Mahara before 25.04.2 and 24.04.11 are vulnerable to displaying results that can trigger XSS via a malicious search query string. This occurs in the 'search site' feature when using the Elasticsearch7 search plugin. The Elasticsearch function does not properly sanitize input in the query parameter.
History

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 07:30:00 +0000

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Title Mahara XSS Vulnerability via Malicious Search Query in Elasticsearch7 Plugin

Mon, 27 Apr 2026 19:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Mahara
Mahara mahara
Vendors & Products Mahara
Mahara mahara

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Weaknesses CWE-79
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description Mahara before 25.04.2 and 24.04.11 are vulnerable to displaying results that can trigger XSS via a malicious search query string. This occurs in the 'search site' feature when using the Elasticsearch7 search plugin. The Elasticsearch function does not properly sanitize input in the query parameter.
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2026-04-24T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2026-04-24T15:03:27.399Z

Reserved: 2025-10-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2025-61872

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-24T15:02:03.716Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-04-24T15:16:25.320

Modified: 2026-04-24T17:54:36.243

Link: CVE-2025-61872

cve-icon Redhat

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