CVE-2022-37160 (GCVE-0-2022-37160)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-08-25 16:29 – Updated: 2024-08-03 10:21
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Claroline 13.5.7 and prior allows an authenticated attacker to elevate privileges via the arbitrary creation of a privileged user. By combining the XSS vulnerability present in several upload forms and a javascript request to the present API, it is possible to trigger the creation of a user with administrative rights by opening an SVG file as an administrator user.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
1 reference
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