Claroline up to 1.8.9 cwd cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Claroline. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation of the argument cwd results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2008-3260. The attack can be launched remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Claroline (Learning Management Software). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is some unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument cwd 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:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Claroline before 1.8.10 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the cwd parameter in a rqMkHtml action to document/rqmkhtml.php, or the query string to (2) announcements/announcements.php, (3) calendar/agenda.php, (4) course/index.php, (5) course_description/index.php, (6) document/document.php, (7) exercise/exercise.php, (8) group/group_space.php, (9) phpbb/newtopic.php, (10) phpbb/reply.php, (11) phpbb/viewtopic.php, (12) wiki/wiki.php, or (13) work/work.php in claroline/.

The weakness was disclosed 07/22/2008 by DiGiT with Digital Security Research Group (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-3260 since 07/22/2008. 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 and a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as highly functional.

Upgrading to version 1.7.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (43854), Exploit-DB (32066), SecurityFocus (BID 30269†) and Secunia (SA31116†). The entries VDB-43334 and VDB-43333 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Claroline 1.7.1

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: DiGiT
Organization: Digital Security Research Group
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-3260 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-3260
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-43332
X-Force: 43854 - Claroline multiple scripts cross-site scripting
SecurityFocus: 30269 - Claroline Prior to 1.8.10 Multiple Input Validation Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 31116 - Claroline Multiple Cross-Site Scripting and Request Forgery Vulnerabilities, Less Critical

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

Created: 03/17/2015 12:19
Updated: 04/28/2025 20:56
Changes: 03/17/2015 12:19 (58), 09/30/2018 09:10 (8), 04/28/2025 20:56 (17)
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