CVE-2017-15538 (GCVE-0-2017-15538)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-10-17 20:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 00:10
VLAI
Summary
Stored XSS vulnerability in the Media Objects component of ILIAS before 5.1.21 and 5.2.x before 5.2.9 allows an authenticated user to inject JavaScript to gain administrator privileges, related to the setParameter function in Services/MediaObjects/classes/class.ilMediaItem.php.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
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