High severity · published Nov 10, 2020
CVE-2020-25268
Remote Code Execution can occur via the external news feed in ILIAS 6.4 because of incorrect parameter sanitization for Magpie RSS data
8.8
CVSS
2.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Remote Code Execution can occur via the external news feed in ILIAS 6.4 because of incorrect parameter sanitization for Magpie RSS data.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.4% · higher than 84% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IL
Ilias · Ilias
6.4.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25268
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25268
Exploit
https://medium.com/bugbountywriteup/exploiting-ilias-learning-management-system-4eda9e120620
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