ILIAS CVE-2017-7583 Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	98733
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:	CVE-2017-7583
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Apr 07 2017 12:00AM
Updated:	Apr 07 2017 12:00AM
Credit:	Julian Rittweger
Vulnerable:	ILIAS ILIAS 5.1.2 ILIAS ILIAS 5.0.11 ILIAS ILIAS 5.0.10 ILIAS ILIAS 4.4.14 ILIAS ILIAS 4.4.13 ILIAS ILIAS 3.8.3 ILIAS ILIAS 3.8.2 ILIAS ILIAS 3.8.1 ILIAS ILIAS 3.8 ILIAS ILIAS 3.7.4 ILIAS ILIAS 4.4.1 ILIAS ILIAS 4.4 ILIAS ILIAS 4.3.4
Not Vulnerable:	ILIAS ILIAS 5.2.3

ILIAS CVE-2017-7583 Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

ILIAS is prone to an cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input.

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

Versions prior to ILIAS 5.2.3 are vulnerable.

ILIAS CVE-2017-7583 Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

An attacker can exploit this issue by enticing an unsuspecting user to follow a malicious URI.

ILIAS CVE-2017-7583 Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

ILIAS CVE-2017-7583 Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• fixed bug #20339, sanitize svg (ILIAS)
  
• [ilAdmins] ILIAS Security Issue: SVG Files Uploaded as Media Objects (ILIAS)
  
• ILIAS Homepage (ILIAS)
  
• Release 5.2.3 (ILIAS)