CVE-2025-61872

MEDIUM

6.1

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score6.1

SeverityMEDIUM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionREQUIRED

Published4/24/2026

Last Modified4/24/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79

References

https://mahara.org(cve@mitre.org)

https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=9851(cve@mitre.org)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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