What is CVE-2023-45869?

CVE-2023-45869 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ilias, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 9.0/10. Published 2023-10-26.

How severe is CVE-2023-45869?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.0 out of 10.

XSS in Ilias

CVE-2023-45869

ILIAS 7.25 (2023-09-12) allows any authenticated user to execute arbitrary operating system commands remotely, when a highly privileged account accesses an XSS payload. The injected commands are executed via the exec() function in the execQuoted() method of the ilUtil class (/Services/Utilities/classes/class.ilUtil.php) This allows attackers to inject malicious commands into the system, potentially compromising the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of the ILIAS installation and the underlying operating system.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.008 (51.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.0 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Ilias — versions 7.25
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-45869?: CVE-2023-45869 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ilias, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 9.0/10. Published 2023-10-26.
How severe is CVE-2023-45869?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.0 out of 10.