Medium severity · published Apr 7, 2017
CVE-2017-7583
ILIAS before 5.2.3 has XSS via SVG documents
6.1
CVSS
1.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
ILIAS before 5.2.3 has XSS via SVG documents.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.2% · higher than 67% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IL
Ilias · Ilias
through 5.2.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7583
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7583
Mailing List
http://lists.ilias.de/pipermail/ilias-admins/2017-April/000024.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98733
Patch
https://github.com/ILIAS-eLearning/ILIAS/commit/ac223e9a91ffbdf07358afc4c7713d95732a9979
Release Notes
https://github.com/ILIAS-eLearning/ILIAS/releases/tag/v5.2.3
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