Chamilo LMS up to 1.11.29 help.php Open cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Chamilo LMS up to 1.11.29. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file help.php. Performing a manipulation of the argument Open results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2025-52564. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Chamilo LMS up to 1.11.29. This affects some unknown functionality of the file help.php. The manipulation of the argument open with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Chamilo is a learning management system. Prior to version 1.11.30, the open parameter of help.php fails to properly sanitize user input. This allows an attacker to inject arbitrary HTML, such as underlined text, via a crafted URL. This issue has been patched in version 1.11.30.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-52564 since 06/18/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

By approaching the search of inurl:help.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 1.11.30 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-208179). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Content Management System

Vendor

• Chamilo

Name

• 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
• 1.11.9
• 1.11.10
• 1.11.11
• 1.11.12
• 1.11.13
• 1.11.14
• 1.11.15
• 1.11.16
• 1.11.17
• 1.11.18
• 1.11.19
• 1.11.20
• 1.11.21
• 1.11.22
• 1.11.23
• 1.11.24
• 1.11.25
• 1.11.26
• 1.11.27
• 1.11.28
• 1.11.29

License

• open-source

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