Medium severity · published Oct 17, 2017
CVE-2017-15538
Stored XSS vulnerability in the Media Objects component of ILIAS before 5.1.21 and 5.2.x before 5.2.9 allows an authenticated user to inject JavaScript to gain administrator…
5.4
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Stored XSS vulnerability in the Media Objects component of ILIAS before 5.1.21 and 5.2.x before 5.2.9 allows an authenticated user to inject JavaScript to gain administrator privileges, related to the setParameter function in Services/MediaObjects/classes/class.ilMediaItem.php.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 61% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IL
Ilias · Ilias
through 5.1.21; 5.2.0 before 5.2.9 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15538
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15538
Mailing List
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/10/17/3
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/ILIAS-eLearning/ILIAS/commit/b2a4660afec1e87d41c83c8e381f549bc6dfc70f
Vendor Advisory
https://lists.ilias.de/pipermail/ilias-admins/2017-October/000053.html
Issue Tracking
https://www.ilias.de/docu/goto_docu_pg_75377_35.html
Issue Tracking
https://www.ilias.de/docu/goto_docu_pg_75378_1719.html
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