What is CVE-2022-37160?

CVE-2022-37160 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Claroline, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-08-25.

How severe is CVE-2022-37160?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-37160 known to be exploited?

3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Claroline

CVE-2022-37160

Claroline 13.5.7 and prior allows an authenticated attacker to elevate privileges via the arbitrary creation of a privileged user. By combining the XSS vulnerability present in several upload forms and a javascript request to the present API, it is possible to trigger the creation of a user with administrative rights by opening an SVG file as an administrator user.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.005 (43.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Claroline
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-37160?: CVE-2022-37160 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Claroline, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-08-25.
How severe is CVE-2022-37160?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-37160 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.