Session hijacking via unsanitized message content
Published Apr 16, 2025 · Updated Apr 18, 2025
Stored XSS in Chamilo LMS 1.11.28 allows remote authenticated users to execute scripts in a recipient's browser through a crafted message. The message composer stores unescaped HTML from its image Alternative Text and Insert HTML controls, while reply rendering executes embedded event-handler markup. An account that can send messages and a recipient who replies are required; execution can expose the recipient's session cookie.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in Chamilo LMS 1.11.28 allows remote authenticated users to execute scripts in a recipient's browser through a crafted message. The message composer stores unescaped HTML from its image Alternative Text and Insert HTML controls, while reply rendering executes embedded event-handler markup. An account that can send messages and a recipient who replies are required; execution can expose the recipient's session cookie.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-26153
- Published
- Apr 16, 2025
- Updated
- Apr 18, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1539
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Apr 16, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 18, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- CVE-2025-26153 message-compose stored XSS proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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