{"id":"CVE-2023-45869","aliases":["EUVD-2023-50135","GHSA-mj3h-wj8q-c86h"],"status":"published","title":"ILIAS 7.25 (2023-09-12) allows any authenticated user to execute arbitrary operating system...","description":"ILIAS 7.25 (2023-09-12) allows any authenticated user to execute arbitrary operating system commands remotely, when a highly privileged account accesses an XSS payload. The injected commands are executed via the exec() function in the execQuoted() method of the ilUtil class (/Services/Utilities/classes/class.ilUtil.php) This allows attackers to inject malicious commands into the system, potentially compromising the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of the ILIAS installation and the underlying operating system.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":9,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:L/S:C/UI:R","level":"critical","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.0089,"percentile":0.5963,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-79"],"published":"2023-10-26T00:00:00Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:42Z","products":[{"vendor":"ilias","product":"ilias"}],"references":[{"url":"https://rehmeinfosec.de/report/358ad5f6-f712-4f74-a5ee-476efc856cbc/","tags":["x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://rehmeinfosec.de/labor/cve-2023-45869","tags":["x_transferred","Exploit","Third Party Advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-45869","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mj3h-wj8q-c86h"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/45xxx/CVE-2023-45869.json","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2023-45869","description":"ILIAS 7.25 (2023-09-12) allows any authenticated user to execute arbitrary operating system commands remotely, when a highly privileged account accesses an XSS payload. The injected commands are executed via the exec() function in the execQuoted() method of the ilUtil class (/Services/Utilities/classes/class.ilUtil.php) This allows attackers to inject malicious commands into the system, potentially compromising the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of the ILIAS installation and the underlying operating system.","status":"published","published":"2023-10-26T00:00:00Z","modified":"2024-09-12T20:46:22.287Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:L/S:C/UI:R","level":"critical","assessor":"cna"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:35:22.984825Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2023-50135","description":"ILIAS 7.25 (2023-09-12) allows any authenticated user to execute arbitrary operating system commands remotely, when a highly privileged account accesses an XSS payload. 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