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)

Published 2022-08-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (47.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-05.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 48th percentile — 47.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Claroline

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

github.com/matthieu-hackwitharts/claroline-CVEs/blob/main/csrf/csrf.md (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

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.