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CVE-2026-45143

CVE-2026-45143 — Chamilo LMS: Student-to-admin stored XSS in private messages via v-html

Chamilo LMS is an open-source learning management system. From 2.0.0 through at least 2.1.0, Chamilo LMS stores private Message.content without server-side sanitization and renders it as HTML in assets/vue/views/message/MessageShow.vue and public/main/template/default/message/view_message.html.twig. An authenticated low-privilege user, including a student, can directly address crafted message content to an administrator because the message creation flow permits a sender to select another user as the recipient. The content executes in the recipient's browser when the recipient opens the routine inbox or message view, without requiring a link click, and can expose session credentials or permit actions as the administrator. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.0.1.

Published Updated Sources: NVD, chamilo (CNA), GitHub, SOCRadar CTI

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the scoring sources call it.

Exploitation

Unreported

no source claims exploitation

EPSS

0%

ahead of 13% of scored CVEs

Affects

chamilo

chamilo-lms

CVSS base

9

critical

Remediation

The vendor's own words where we have them.

Upgrade chamilo-lms to a fixed release. Apply vendor patches per advisory and restrict external exposure of the affected component until patched.

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record's own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found.

  • Identify exposed assets running affected vendor/product/version combinations.
  • Prioritize based on EPSS, PoC availability, and external exposure.
  • Search available logs for exploit probes, errors, authentication anomalies, or suspicious child processes matching the vulnerability class.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and version as the advisories word them.

VendorProductVersionsStatus
chamilochamilo-lms>= 2.0.0, < 2.0.1Vulnerable

Attack characteristics

The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.

Availability

High

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Scope

Changed

Attack Complexity

Low

Attack Vector

Network

Privileges Req

Low

User Interaction

Required

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

ScoreVersionSeverityExpl.ImpactSource
9CVSS 3.1critical2.36GitHub (CNA), chamilo (CNA)

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

What this weakness leads to

MITRE's own consequences and mitigations for the weakness class — the authority's wording, not guidance derived from the CVSS vector.

MITRE

CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

  • Bypass Protection Mechanism
  • Read Application Data
  • Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands

Mitigation: Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid. Examples of libraries and frameworks that make it easier to generate properly encoded output include Microsoft's Anti-XSS library, the OWASP ESAPI Encoding module, and Apache Wicket.

Weakness & attack patterns

  • CWE-79Cross-site Scripting

Attack patterns reported against this CVE. The ATT&CK techniques below are inferred from its weakness class.

CAPEC-85 · AJAX FingerprintingCAPEC-591 · Reflected XSSCAPEC-63 · Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)CAPEC-209 · XSS Using MIME Type MismatchCAPEC-592 · Stored XSSCAPEC-588 · DOM-Based XSS

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not rules we have tested.

  • Search application, proxy, and WAF logs for requests touching /vue/views/message/MessageShow.vue, /main/template/default/message/view_message.html.twig.
  • Prioritize edge telemetry for network-reachable chamilo-lms.
web/proxy/WAF logsapplication logsnetwork IDS/IPS

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first — with the readings a source repeats on a schedule counted underneath rather than listed.

  1. 2026
  2. Added · CVSS 3.1 9.0 (AV:N)

    Sep 17, 2026 · NVD

  3. Initial · CVE published

    Sep 17, 2026 · NVD

  4. CVE published by MITRE.

    Sep 17, 2026 · SOCRadar CTI

References

3 on the record

Elsewhere on this site

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

  • No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
  • No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
  • No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.
Answered from this record1

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2026-45143 is Chamilo LMS: Student-to-admin stored XSS in private messages via v-html, a critical vulnerability affecting chamilo-lms from chamilo. The current evidence does not list it in CISA KEV, and the exploit status is: Active exploitation is not confirmed from current sources for CVE-2026-45143. Public exploit evidence is: A public PoC is not confirmed from current sources for CVE-2026-45143. The affected-version evidence is listed in the key facts and affected products tables. Defenders should first verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run those versions, then apply vendor patches or mitigations, restrict reachable attack surface, and preserve logs for detection review. CVSS 9 describes technical severity, while EPSS 0% helps estimate near-term exploit likelihood; neither replaces asset context. Unknown fields should remain explicit in tickets, and threat actor, IOC, victimology, or payload claims should not be added unless a cited source supports them. Monitor CISA KEV, vendor advisories, NVD changes, public PoC repositories, and internal telemetry for update triggers.