Claroline 1.8.5 admin/adminusers.php view cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Claroline 1.8.5. This affects an unknown function of the file admin/adminusers.php. The manipulation of the argument view leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2007-4717. The attack can be initiated remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Claroline 1.8.5 (Learning Management Software) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code of the file admin/adminusers.php. The manipulation of the argument view with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was released 07/12/2007 by Fernando Munoz (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at claroline.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-4717 since 09/05/2007. The attack may be initiated remotely. A simple authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:admin/adminusers.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

Upgrading to version 1.8.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (30557), SecurityFocus (BID 25521†), OSVDB (38925†) and Secunia (SA26685†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-38670, VDB-38669, VDB-38652 and VDB-86167. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.2

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Claroline 1.8.5

Timelineinfo

07/12/2007 🔍
07/12/2007 +0 days 🔍
09/03/2007 +53 days 🔍
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09/05/2007 +2 days 🔍
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11/30/2007 +86 days 🔍
03/16/2015 +2662 days 🔍
07/06/2025 +3765 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: claroline.net
Researcher: Fernando Munoz
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-4717 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-4717
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-38651
SecurityFocus: 25521 - Claroline Local File Include and Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 26685 - Claroline Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 38925 - Claroline admin/adminusers.php dir Parameter XSS
Vupen: ADV-2007-3045

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 12:18
Updated: 07/06/2025 06:26
Changes: 03/16/2015 12:18 (51), 08/12/2017 11:04 (15), 07/06/2025 06:26 (21)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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