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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD8.8 High

CVE-2021-39181

Unsafe Deserialization of User Data Using XStream

Description

OpenOlat is a web-based learning management system (LMS). Prior to version 15.3.18, 15.5.3, and 16.0.0, using a prepared import XML file (e.g. a course) any class on the Java classpath can be instantiated, including spring AOP bean factories. This can be used to execute code arbitrary code by the attacker. The attack requires an OpenOlat user account with the authoring role. It can not be exploited by unregistered users. The problem is fixed in versions 15.3.18, 15.5.3, and 16.0.0. There are no known workarounds aside from upgrading.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

OpenOLAT OpenOLAT

  • < 15.3.18affected
  • >= 15.4.0, < 15.5.3affected

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