CVE-2022-44544

CRITICAL

Published Nov 6, 20223y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago

9.8 CVSS 3.1

Critical

Published Nov 6, 2022 3y ago

Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

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.

CVSS Details

Base Score

9.8

Exploitability

3.9

Impact

5.9

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

User Interaction None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality High

Integrity High

Availability High

Threat Intelligence

No active exploitation signals — not in CISA KEV and no EPSS score yet.

Exploit & Patch Status

No Known Exploit

No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-250

Affected Products 5

Vendor	Product	Version	Range
mahara	mahara	*	≥21.04.0 – <21.04.7
mahara	mahara	*	≥21.10.0 – <21.10.5
mahara	mahara	*	≥22.04.0 – <22.04.3
mahara	mahara	22.10.0	any
canonical	ubuntu_linux	18.04	any

References 2

bugs.launchpad.net https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1979575

Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
mahara.org https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=9198

Vendor Advisory

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.