Claroline RQMKHTML.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

BID:17344

Info

Claroline RQMKHTML.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 17344
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Mar 31 2006 12:00AM
Updated: May 08 2006 09:59PM
Credit: rgod is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: Claroline Claroline 1.7.4
Claroline Claroline 1.7.2
Claroline Claroline 1.6 rc1
Claroline Claroline 1.6 beta
Claroline Claroline 1.6
Claroline Claroline 1.5.4
Claroline Claroline 1.5.3
Claroline Claroline 1.5
Not Vulnerable: Claroline Claroline 1.7.5

Discussion

Claroline RQMKHTML.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Claroline is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability. This issue is due to a failure in the application to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

An attacker may leverage this issue to have arbitrary script code executed in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This may help the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

Exploit / POC

Claroline RQMKHTML.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

This issue can be exploited through a web client.

An example URI has been provided:

http://www.example.com/claroline/document/rqmkhtml.php?cmd=rqEditHtml&file=[code]

Solution / Fix

Claroline RQMKHTML.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:

The vendor has released patches to address this issue; please see the reference section for further details.


Claroline Claroline 1.5

Claroline Claroline 1.5.3

Claroline Claroline 1.5.4

Claroline Claroline 1.6

Claroline Claroline 1.6 rc1

Claroline Claroline 1.6 beta

Claroline Claroline 1.7.2

Claroline Claroline 1.7.4

References

Claroline RQMKHTML.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:
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