ILIAS up to 5.2.20/5.3.11 Cloze Test Text gap Persistent cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in ILIAS up to 5.2.20/5.3.11. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Cloze Test Text gap. The manipulation results in cross site scripting (Persistent). This vulnerability is known as CVE-2019-1010237. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in ILIAS up to 5.2.20/5.3.11. Affected is some unknown functionality of the component Cloze Test Text gap. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability (Persistent). 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:

Ilias 5.3 before 5.3.12; 5.2 before 5.2.21 is affected by: Cross Site Scripting (XSS) - CWE-79 Type 2: Stored XSS (or Persistent). The impact is: Execute code in the victim's browser. The component is: Assessment / TestQuestionPool. The attack vector is: Cloze Test Text gap (attacker) / Corrections view (victim). The fixed version is: 5.3.12.

The weakness was published 07/22/2019. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2019-1010237 since 03/20/2019. 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. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

Upgrading to version 5.2.21 or 5.3.12 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Name

• ILIAS

Version

• 5.2.0
• 5.2.1
• 5.2.2
• 5.2.3
• 5.2.4
• 5.2.5
• 5.2.6
• 5.2.7
• 5.2.8
• 5.2.9
• 5.2.10
• 5.2.11
• 5.2.12
• 5.2.13
• 5.2.14
• 5.2.15
• 5.2.16
• 5.2.17
• 5.2.18
• 5.2.19
• 5.2.20
• 5.3.0
• 5.3.1
• 5.3.2
• 5.3.3
• 5.3.4
• 5.3.5
• 5.3.6
• 5.3.7
• 5.3.8
• 5.3.9
• 5.3.10
• 5.3.11

License

• open-source

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