{"id":"CVE-2017-15538","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-15538","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T04:39:08.544Z","title":"Stored XSS vulnerability in the Media Objects component of ILIAS before 5.1.21 and 5.2.x before 5.2.9 allows an authenticated user to inject JavaScript to gain administrator privileges, related to the setParameter function in…","description":"Stored XSS vulnerability in the Media Objects component of ILIAS before 5.1.21 and 5.2.x before 5.2.9 allows an authenticated user to inject JavaScript to gain administrator privileges, related to the setParameter function in Services/MediaObjects/classes/class.ilMediaItem.php.","published":"2017-10-17T20:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:07:52.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":5.4,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":["ilias/ilias"],"epss":{"score":0.00944,"percentile":0.60936,"date":"2026-10-28","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.94%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/10/17/3","tags":["Mailing List","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/ILIAS-eLearning/ILIAS/commit/b2a4660afec1e87d41c83c8e381f549bc6dfc70f","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.ilias.de/pipermail/ilias-admins/2017-October/000053.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.ilias.de/docu/goto_docu_pg_75377_35.html","tags":["Issue Tracking","Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.ilias.de/docu/goto_docu_pg_75378_1719.html","tags":["Issue Tracking","Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/10/17/3","tags":["Mailing List","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/ILIAS-eLearning/ILIAS/commit/b2a4660afec1e87d41c83c8e381f549bc6dfc70f","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.ilias.de/pipermail/ilias-admins/2017-October/000053.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.ilias.de/docu/goto_docu_pg_75377_35.html","tags":["Issue Tracking","Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.ilias.de/docu/goto_docu_pg_75378_1719.html","tags":["Issue Tracking","Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15538","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}