CVE-2021-43266

HighCVSS 7.3/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

In Mahara before 20.04.5, 20.10.3, 21.04.2, and 21.10.0, exporting collections via PDF export could lead to code execution via shell metacharacters in a collection name. Additional, in Mahara before 20.10.4, 21.04.3, and 21.10.1, exporting collections via PDF export could cause code execution

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.3/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-78

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1942903Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1949527Third Party Advisory
https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=8952Vendor Advisory
https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=8995Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1942903Exploit, Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/mahara/+bug/1949527Third Party Advisory
https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=8952Vendor Advisory
https://mahara.org/interaction/forum/topic.php?id=8995Vendor Advisory

Timeline

Published: Nov 2, 2021
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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