Cross-site scripting in Claroline - CVE-2013-6267

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Cross-site scripting in Claroline - CVE-2013-6267

Published: December 5, 2013 / Updated: December 19, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU42299
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-6267
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Claroline.net
Affected software:
Claroline

Detailed vulnerability description

Vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform Cross-site scripting attacks.

An input validation error exists in Claroline before 1.11.9 when processing the (1) box parameter to messaging/messagebox.php, cidToEdit parameter to (2) adminregisteruser.php or (3) admin_user_course_settings.php in admin/, (4) module_id parameter to admin/module/module.php, or (5) offset parameter to admin/right/profile_list.php. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in victim's browser in security context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.


How to mitigate CVE-2013-6267

Install update from vendor's website.

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