CVE-2023-34960
CriticalCVSS 9.8Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Very high risk100th percentile - higher than 100% of all known CVEs
Summary
A command injection vulnerability in the wsConvertPpt component of Chamilo versions 1.11.* through 1.11.18. An attacker can execute arbitrary system commands via a SOAP API call with a crafted PowerPoint filename.
Risk Assessment
Risk of full server compromise, potentially leading to data theft, course content modification, or using the server for further attacks.
Recommendation
Immediately upgrade Chamilo to version 1.11.19 or later. If upgrade is not possible, restrict SOAP API access to trusted IP addresses only.
Other vulnerabilities in Chamilo
See all- CVE-2023-34944Critical
An arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the /fileUpload.lib.php component of Chamilo versions 1.11.* up to 1.11.18 allows attackers to upload crafted SVG files. This can lead to arbitrary code execution on the server.
- CVE-2026-34239High
Vulnerability in Chamilo version 1.11.40 and earlier. An authenticated user enrolled in a course (student, teacher, DRH) can remotely execute code in the main/inc/ajax/lang.ajax.php path, which is protected only by api_protect_course_script(true).
- CVE-2026-33714High
Chamilo LMS version 2.0.0-RC.2 has a SQL injection vulnerability in the statistics AJAX endpoint, an incomplete fix for CVE-2026-30881. The date_start and date_end parameters in the users_active action are unsanitized, allowing an authenticated admin to perform time-based blind SQL injection and extract arbitrary data.
- CVE-2023-39061Low
A CSRF vulnerability in Chamilo versions 1.11 through 1.11.20 allows a remote authenticated privileged attacker to execute arbitrary code. The flaw is due to missing cross-site request forgery protections.
- CVE-2023-37066Medium
Chamilo versions 1.11.x up to 1.11.20 allow users with admin privileges to insert XSS in the skills wheel.
- CVE-2023-37062Medium
Chamilo versions 1.11.x up to 1.11.20 allow users with admin privilege accounts to insert XSS in the course categories' definition.
Original NVD description (English source)
A command injection vulnerability in the wsConvertPpt component of Chamilo v1.11.* up to v1.11.18 allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a SOAP API call with a crafted PowerPoint name.