CVE-2022-27421 Privilege escalation in n/a
High 7.2
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-27421 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2022-27421 is a high-severity vulnerability in Chamilo Chamilo Lms, published on 15 Apr 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-27421 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Chamilo Chamilo Lms. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-27421/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-27421/index.md)
Attackers can escalate privileges to Platform Admin due to missing validation in the user modification form.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-27421?
CVE-2022-27421 is a high-severity vulnerability in Chamilo Chamilo Lms, published on 15 Apr 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Chamilo LMS v1.11.13 lacks validation on the user modification form, allowing attackers to escalate privileges to Platform Admin.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-27421?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Chamilo Chamilo Lms.
How do I fix CVE-2022-27421?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-27421 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2022-27421 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-27421 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Chamilo Chamilo Lms
Sources
Also known as GHSA-942c-mr3f-4m7j.