A Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the "Import of organizational units…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · Low
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
A Stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the "Import of organizational units and title of organizational unit" feature in ILIAS 7.20 to 7.29 and ILIAS 8.4 to 8.10 as well as ILIAS 9.0 allows remote authenticated attackers with administrative privileges to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via XML file upload.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-33525
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vq53-2g5p-3wf9
References
Other 4
- https://docu.ilias.de/ilias.php?baseClass=illmpresentationgui&cmd=layout&ref_id=1719&obj_id=170029
- https://docu.ilias.de/ilias.php?baseClass=illmpresentationgui&cmd=layout&ref_id=1719&obj_id=170040
- https://docu.ilias.de/ilias.php?baseClass=illmpresentationgui&cmd=layout&ref_id=1719&obj_id=159938
- https://insinuator.net/2024/05/security-advisory-achieving-php-code-execution-in-ilias-elearning-lms-before-v7-30-v8-11-v9-1/
Sources
- CVE-2024-33525 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-33525 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vq53-2g5p-3wf9 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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