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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-5688

ILIAS before 5.2.4 has XSS via the cmd parameter to the displayHeader function in setup/classes/class.ilSetupGUI.php in the Setup component.

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CVE-2018-5688
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31 Oct 2026, 10:30 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2018-5688

core-osv · Original source

Published 14 Jan 2018, 20:29 UTC

ILIAS before 5.2.4 has XSS via the cmd parameter to the displayHeader function in setup/classes/class.ilSetupGUI.php in the Setup component.

osv:CVE-2018-5688
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-5688",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2018-5688",
    "summary": "ILIAS before 5.2.4 has XSS via the cmd parameter to the displayHeader function in setup/classes/class.ilSetupGUI.php in the Setup component.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-5688",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2018-5688",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2018-5688"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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              "repo": "https://github.com/ilias-elearning/ilias",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "967eed2452f9e6abec9922466f6b53caebf6f0e1"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "c0f326d05231072e33679b84835c03d5043255cb"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:ilias:ilias:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
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                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "5.2.4"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
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                    "range": [
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                        "fixed": "c0f326d05231072e33679b84835c03d5043255cb"
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                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v5.2.0",
            "v5.1.0beta2"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-5688.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:50:27.571342628Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://www.ilias.de/docu/goto_docu_pg_75029_35.html",
        "https://github.com/ILIAS-eLearning/ILIAS/commit/c0f326d05231072e33679b84835c03d5043255cb",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43595/"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2018-5688",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 381728,
  "published_at": "2018-01-14T20:29:00.243+00:00"
}