Chamilo LMS up to 1.11.40/1.11.41/2.0.3/2.x Survey Submission Endpoint cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Chamilo LMS up to 1.11.40/1.11.41/2.0.3/2.x. This affects an unknown part of the component Survey Submission Endpoint. This manipulation causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-82535. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Chamilo LMS up to 1.11.40/1.11.41/2.0.3/2.x. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component Survey Submission Endpoint. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Chamilo LMS before 1.11.42 and 3.0.0 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious script payloads into survey answers by computing deterministic invitation codes and bypassing authorization checks in the survey submission endpoint. Attackers can submit crafted answers containing unescaped HTML rendered in reporting views to execute arbitrary scripts in the browser sessions of teachers or administrators, enabling persistent backdoor account creation by exploiting the victim's authenticated session.

The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-82535 since 08/29/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 1.11.42 or 3.0.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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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
• 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
• 1.11.30
• 1.11.31
• 1.11.32
• 1.11.33
• 1.11.34
• 1.11.35
• 1.11.36
• 1.11.37
• 1.11.38
• 1.11.39
• 1.11.40
• 1.11.41
• 2.0.0
• 2.0.1
• 2.0.2
• 2.0.3
• 2.x

License

• open-source

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