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CVE-2021-39181

Unsafe Deserialization of User Data Using XStream

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Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 15.3.18, 15.5.3
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

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.

Timeline

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Affected versions

  • OpenOLAT OpenOLAT

    fixed in 15.3.18; From 15.4.0 · fixed in 15.5.3

References 3

GitHub · OpenOLAT/OpenOLAT

jira.openolat.org