Medium
Security advisory
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.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2018-5688
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 10:30 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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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"method": "structured",
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"severity": "medium",
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"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/"
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"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 381728,
"published_at": "2018-01-14T20:29:00.243+00:00"
}