Student privilege escalation via plugin ZIP upload
Published Oct 31, 2022 · Updated May 6, 2025
Unrestricted file upload in Forma LMS 3.1.0 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute code through the plugin upload component. The plugin upload component accepts a ZIP archive from a student account after privilege escalation, enabling remote code injection. Exploitation requires authenticated student access to the web application and can compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Summary
What happened
Unrestricted file upload in Forma LMS 3.1.0 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute code through the plugin upload component. The plugin upload component accepts a ZIP archive from a student account after privilege escalation, enabling remote code injection. Exploitation requires authenticated student access to the web application and can compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-42925
- Published
- Oct 31, 2022
- Updated
- May 6, 2025
- Vendor
- forma.association
- Product
- Forma LMS
- Classifications
- CWE-434, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 31, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 6, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=3.0.1 <=3.1.0
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