Is CVE-2022-44544 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-44544 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-44544?

CVE-2022-44544 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-44544?

CVE-2022-44544 has an EPSS score of 0.76% (51th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-44544?

Upgrade mahara to 22.04.3 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-44544

CRITICAL

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-250

How to fix

Remediation Available

maharaNVD

Affected:>= 22.04.0, < 22.04.3Fixed in:22.04.3CVE-2022-44544derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.76%probability of exploitation in 30 days

51stpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 51% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory2

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-05-02.