CVE-2011-2772: Mahara

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 2.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The get_dataroot_image_path function in lib/file.php in Mahara before 1.4.1 does not properly validate uploaded image files, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a (1) large or (2) invalid image.

Affected products

• Mahara Mahara: up to and including 1.4.0; version 0.9.0 only; version 0.9.1 only; version 0.9.2 only; version 1.0.0 only; version 1.0.1 only; …

Published 2011-11-15. Last modified 2026-06-16.