Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Claroline before 1.8.6 allow remote authenticated administrators to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) dir parameter in admin/adminusers.php, the (2) action parameter in admin/advancedUserSearch.php, and the (3) view parameter in admin/campusProblem.php.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 3
- Claroline 1.x - '/admin/adminusers.php?dir' Cross-Site Scripting EDB-30557 · webapps · Sep 3, 2007 · verified
- Claroline 1.x - '/admin/advancedUserSearch.php?action' Cross-Site Scripting EDB-30558 · webapps · Sep 3, 2007 · verified
- Claroline 1.x - '/admin/campusProblem.php?view' Cross-Site Scripting EDB-30559 · webapps · Sep 3, 2007 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- http://www.claroline.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13448
- 38925 vdb-entry
- http://www.claroline.net/wiki/index.php/Changelog_1.8.x#Security
- 38927 vdb-entry
- 25521 vdb-entry
- 26685 third-party-advisory
- ADV-2007-3045 vdb-entry
- 38926 vdb-entry