Claroline Local File Include and Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

BID:25521

Info

Claroline Local File Include and Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 25521
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2007-4718
CVE-2007-4717
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Sep 03 2007 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 05 2016 10:00PM
Credit: Fernando Munoz is credited with the discovery of these issues.
Vulnerable: Claroline Claroline 1.8.5
Claroline Claroline 1.8.4
Claroline Claroline 1.8.3
Claroline Claroline 1.8.2
Claroline Claroline 1.8.1
Claroline Claroline 1.8 rc1
Claroline Claroline 1.8
Claroline Claroline 1.7.8
Claroline Claroline 1.7.7
Claroline Claroline 1.7.6
Claroline Claroline 1.7.5
Claroline Claroline 1.7.4
Claroline Claroline 1.7.3
Claroline Claroline 1.7.2
Claroline Claroline 1.7.1
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
Claroline Claroline 1.7
Claroline Claroline 1.6
Claroline Claroline 1.5
Claroline Claroline 1.4
Claroline Claroline 1.3
Claroline Claroline 1.2
Not Vulnerable: Claroline Claroline 1.8.6

Discussion

Claroline Local File Include and Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Claroline is prone to a local file-include vulnerability and multiple cross-site scripting vulnerabilities.

An attacker could exploit these issues to execute local script code in the context of the application and access sensitive data, which may aid in further attacks.The attacker may also be able to execute arbitray code in the context of the webserver. This may allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and to launch other attacks.

Versions prior to Claroline 1.8.6 are vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

Claroline Local File Include and Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Attackers can exploit these issues via a browser. To exploit a cross-site scripting vulnerability, the attacker must entice an unsuspecting user to view a maliciously crafted URI.

The following example URIs are available:

http://www.example.com/inc/lib/languages.lib.php?language=../../[file]
http://www.example.com/admin/adminusers.php?dir=[XSS]
http://www.example.com/admin/adminusers.php?sort=[XSS]
http://www.example.com/admin/advancedUserSearch.php?action=[XSS]
http://www.example.com/admin/campusProblem.php?view=[XSS]

Solution / Fix

Claroline Local File Include and Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

Solution:
The vendor released Claroline 1.8.6 to address these issues. Please see the references for more information.


Claroline Claroline 1.2

Claroline Claroline 1.5

Claroline Claroline 1.4

Claroline Claroline 1.3

Claroline Claroline 1.6

Claroline Claroline 1.7

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 1.7.1

Claroline Claroline 1.7.2

Claroline Claroline 1.7.3

Claroline Claroline 1.7.4

Claroline Claroline 1.7.5

Claroline Claroline 1.7.6

Claroline Claroline 1.7.7

Claroline Claroline 1.7.8

Claroline Claroline 1.8

Claroline Claroline 1.8 rc1

Claroline Claroline 1.8.1

Claroline Claroline 1.8.2

Claroline Claroline 1.8.3

Claroline Claroline 1.8.4

Claroline Claroline 1.8.5

References

Claroline Local File Include and Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities

References:
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