# CVE-2023-4225: Chamilo LMS File Upload Functionality Remote Code Execution

> Authenticated learners can achieve remote code execution by uploading PHP files due to unrestricted file upload in Chamilo LMS.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 28 Nov 2023
- **Updated:** 5 Jun 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-w8qr-ppgq-rx7q

## What is CVE-2023-4225?

CVE-2023-4225 is a high-severity vulnerability in Chamilo Chamilo Lms, published on 28 Nov 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Unrestricted file upload in `/main/inc/ajax/exercise.ajax.php` in Chamilo LMS <= v1.11.24 allows authenticated attackers with learner role to obtain remote code execution via uploading of PHP files.

Weakness: CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-4225?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Chamilo Chamilo Lms.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-4225?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-4225 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-4225 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-4225 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Chamilo Chamilo Lms

- [CVE-2025-50187](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-50187/): Chamilo: Evaluation of untrusted user input leads to Remote Code Execution (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-34944](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-34944/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-27423](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-27423/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-35414](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-35414/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-13082](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-13082/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-4225 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-4225 is a high-severity vulnerability in Chamilo Chamilo Lms, published on 28 Nov 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-4225 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-2023-4225/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4225/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4225
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4225
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-4225

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4225/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.