CVE-2024-25973 Multiple Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Attackers with group or catalog creation rights can inject stored JavaScript into course and catalog names, executing code in victims' browsers.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-25973?
CVE-2024-25973 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Frentix GmbH OpenOlat LMS, published on 20 Feb 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Frentix GmbH OpenOlat LMS is affected by multiple stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. An attacker with rights to create or edit groups can create a course with a name that contains an XSS payload. Furthermore, attackers with the permissions to create or rename a catalog (sub-category) can enter unfiltered input in the name field. In addition, attackers who are allowed to create curriculums can also enter unfiltered input in the name field. This allows an attacker to execute stored JavaScript code with the permissions of the victim in the context of the user's browser.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-25973?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Frentix Openolat.
How do I fix CVE-2024-25973?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-25973 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2024-25973 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-25973 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Frentix GmbH OpenOlat LMS
- CVE-2026-31946 OpenOLAT: Authentication bypass via forged JWT in OIDC implicit flow
- CVE-2026-28228 OpenOLAT: Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI) in Velocity templates allows Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2021-39181 Unsafe Deserialization of User Data Using XStream
- CVE-2021-41242 Path Traversal in some REST methods leading to file upload to arbitrary places
- CVE-2021-39180 Path Traversal in Archive Handling Leading to Code Execution
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2q9p-5gw5-gr76.