Vulnerabilities > CVE-2023-3545 - Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity vulnerability in Chamilo 1.11.0/1.11.14
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
Improper sanitisation in `main/inc/lib/fileUpload.lib.php` in Chamilo LMS <= v1.11.20 on Windows and Apache installations allows unauthenticated attackers to bypass file upload security protections and obtain remote code execution via uploading of `.htaccess` file. This vulnerability may be exploited by privileged attackers or chained with unauthenticated arbitrary file write vulnerabilities, such as CVE-2023-3533, to achieve remote code execution.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 2 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://support.chamilo.org/projects/chamilo-18/wiki/security_issues#Issue-125-2023-07-13-Critical-impact-Moderate-risk-Htaccess-File-Upload-Security-Bypass-on-Windows-CVE-2023-3545
- https://starlabs.sg/advisories/23/23-3545/
- https://github.com/chamilo/chamilo-lms/commit/dc7bfce429fbd843a95a57c184b6992c4d709549