PT-2017-14093 · Ilias · Ilias

Chbi · Published 2017-10-17 · Updated 2018-06-19 · CVE-2017-15538

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions ILIAS versions prior to 5.1.21 ILIAS versions 5.2.x prior to 5.2.9

Description A stored XSS issue in the Media Objects component allows an authenticated user to inject JavaScript, potentially gaining administrator privileges. This is related to the setParameter function in Services/MediaObjects/classes/class.ilMediaItem.php.

Recommendations For ILIAS versions prior to 5.1.21, update to version 5.1.21 or later. For ILIAS versions 5.2.x prior to 5.2.9, update to version 5.2.9 or later. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the Media Objects component until a patch is applied.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-15538

Affected Products

Ilias

References · 8

• https://github.com/ILIAS-eLearning/ILIAS/commit/b2a4660afec1e87d41c83c8e381f549bc6dfc70f · Patch
• https://ilias.de/docu/goto_docu_pg_75378_1719.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.ilias.de/pipermail/ilias-admins/2017-October/000053.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-15538 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ilias.de/docu/goto_docu_pg_75377_35.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15538 · Security Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/10/17/3 · Patch
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-15538 · Note