Claroline advancedUserSearch.php action cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Claroline. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file admin/advancedUserSearch.php. This manipulation of the argument action causes cross site scripting. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2007-4717. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Claroline (Learning Management Software) (the affected version is unknown). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the file admin/advancedUserSearch.php. The manipulation of the argument action 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 07/12/2007 by Fernando Munoz (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at claroline.net. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2007-4717 since 09/05/2007. The exploitation appears to be difficult. 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. Technical details and also 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. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:admin/advancedUserSearch.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 26011 (Claroline inc/lib/language.lib.php language Parameter Traversal Local File Inclusion), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (30557), Tenable (26011), SecurityFocus (BID 25521†), OSVDB (38926†) and Secunia (SA26685†). The entries VDB-38670, VDB-38669, VDB-38652 and VDB-38651 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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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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Nessus ID: 26011
Nessus Name: Claroline inc/lib/language.lib.php language Parameter Traversal Local File Inclusion
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Recommended: Upgrade
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07/12/2007 🔍
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09/03/2007 +53 days 🔍
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09/05/2007 +2 days 🔍
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11/30/2007 +81 days 🔍
05/09/2016 +3082 days 🔍
07/06/2025 +3345 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-100-86167
SecurityFocus: 25521 - Claroline Local File Include and Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 26685 - Claroline Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 38926 - Claroline admin/advancedUserSearch.php action Parameter XSS
Vupen: ADV-2007-3045

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

Created: 05/09/2016 14:59
Updated: 07/06/2025 06:36
Changes: 05/09/2016 14:59 (56), 12/20/2018 08:21 (12), 08/17/2022 15:32 (3), 08/17/2022 15:38 (1), 07/06/2025 06:36 (20)
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