CVE-2025-50198 Deserialization in chamilo-lms

High 8.8 Published 2 Mar 2026 Updated 2 Mar 2026

An attacker can achieve remote code execution by sending malicious serialized data to the vchamilo plugin import endpoint.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2025-50198?

CVE-2025-50198 is a high-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in Chamilo Chamilo Lms, published on 2 Mar 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Chamilo is a learning management system. Prior to version 1.11.30, Chamilo is vulnerable to deserialization of untrusted data in /plugin/vchamilo/views/import.php via POST configuration_file; POST course_path; POST home_path parameters. This issue has been patched in version 1.11.30.

Weakness: CWE-502

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-50198?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Chamilo Chamilo Lms.

How do I fix CVE-2025-50198?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-50198 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and only deserialise data from trusted sources or with an allow-list of types. More about Unsafe deserialization.

Is CVE-2025-50198 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-50198 exists.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-jgxc-96j5-8rrr.