High severity · published Dec 25, 2023
CVE-2023-36485
The workflow-engine of ILIAS before 7.23 and 8 before 8.3 allows remote authenticated users to run arbitrary system commands on the application server as the application user via…
7.2
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The workflow-engine of ILIAS before 7.23 and 8 before 8.3 allows remote authenticated users to run arbitrary system commands on the application server as the application user via a malicious BPMN2 workflow definition file.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 56% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IL
Ilias · Ilias
before 7.23; 8.0 before 8.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-36485
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-36485
Vendor Advisory
https://docu.ilias.de/ilias.php?baseClass=ilrepositorygui&cmdNode=xd:kx:54&cmdClass=ilBlogPostingGUI&cmd=previewFullscreen&ref_id=3439&prvm=fsc&bmn=2023-12&blpg=786
Patch
https://github.com/ILIAS-eLearning/ILIAS/pull/5987
Patch
https://github.com/ILIAS-eLearning/ILIAS/pull/5988
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