Chamilo-lms up to 1.11.8 new_message.php cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in Chamilo-lms up to 1.11.8 and classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function in the library main/inc/lib/TicketManager.php of the file main/messages/new_message.php. The manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2019-1000015. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Chamilo-lms up to 1.11.8 (Content Management System). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown code in the library main/inc/lib/TicketManager.php of the file main/messages/new_message.php. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

Chamilo Chamilo-lms version 1.11.8 and earlier contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in main/messages/new_message.php, main/social/personal_data.php, main/inc/lib/TicketManager.php, main/ticket/ticket_details.php that can result in a message being sent to the Administrator with the XSS to steal cookies. A ticket can be created with a XSS payload in the subject field. This attack appears to be exploitable via <svg/onload=alert(1)> as the payload user on the Subject field. This makes it possible to obtain the cookies of all users that have permission to view the tickets. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.11.x after commit 33e2692a37b5b6340cf5bec1a84e541460983c03.

The bug was discovered 01/16/2019. The weakness was published 02/04/2019. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2019-1000015 since 02/04/2019. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 19 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:main/messages/new_message.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Type

• Content Management System

Name

• Chamilo-lms

Version

• 1.11.0
• 1.11.1
• 1.11.2
• 1.11.3
• 1.11.4
• 1.11.5
• 1.11.6
• 1.11.7
• 1.11.8

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• open-source

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