Vulnerability · CVE-2024-39923
An issue was discovered in Mahara 24.04 before 24.04.2 and 23.04 before 23.04.7.
Published Aug 25, 2025 · catalog updated Aug 25, 2025 · An issue was discovered
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2024-39923. EPSS is 0.25%. Act only if a listed version of An issue was discovered is installed.
Gaps on this record
- The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (An issue was discovered).
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- Medium6.1
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.25%
- Remediation
- Vendor / distro source
- Affected products
- vendor n/a n/a n/a
An issue was discovered in Mahara 24.04 before 24.04.2 and 23.04 before 23.04.7. The About, Contact, and Help footer links can be set up to be vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) due to not sanitising the values. These links can only be set up by an admin but are clickable by any logged-in person.
Are you affected?
Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.
The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.
- vendor n/a n/a n/an/a
How to fix CVE-2024-39923
Recommended remediation
A vendor or distribution source is linked. Check that advisory for patch availability; this catalog does not invent fix status.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2024-39923. EPSS is 0.25%. Act only if a listed version of An issue was discovered is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with n/a n/a n/a n/a. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.25%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Aug 25, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
An issue was discovered in Mahara 24.04 before 24.04.2 and 23.04 before 23.04.7. The About, Contact, and Help footer links can be set up to be vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) due to not sanitising the values. These links can only be set up by an admin but are clickable by any logged-in person.
Aug 25, 2025 · EUVD
Updated
An issue was discovered in Mahara 24.04 before 24.04.2 and 23.04 before 23.04.7. The About, Contact, and Help footer links can be set up to be vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) due to not sanitising the values. These links can only be set up by an admin but are clickable by any logged-in person.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2024-39923
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2024-39923
30-day exploitation probability 0.25%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2024-54911
An issue was discovered in Mahara 24.04 before 24.04.2 and 23.04 before 23.04.7. The About, Contact, and Help footer links can be set up to be vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) due to not sanitising the values. These links can only be set up by an admin but are clickable b
euvd.enisa.europa.eu
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 23, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.