ILIAS before 9.24, 10.12, and 11.5 contains an unrestricted file upload vulnerability in QTI question import image handling (ilQtiMatImageSecurity) that allows authenticated authors to write executable files. Attackers with question pool import rights can import a crafted archive writing a .htaccess and PHP file to the web-served image directory, achieving remote code execution as the web server user.
Fix
Nothing published yet: no patch, vendor advisory or mitigation reference on NVD, no vendor advisory in the News for this CVE, not in CISA's KEV, no fixed package version. BaselineWatch does not guess at one.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 8.7NVD modified 2026-10-13 17:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 0
NVD has not attached CPE configurations yet.
References 9
- https://docu.ilias.de/go/blog/15821/950
- https://docu.ilias.de/go/blog/15821/951
- https://docu.ilias.de/go/blog/15821/952
- https://github.com/ILIAS-eLearning/ILIAS
- https://github.com/ILIAS-eLearning/ILIAS/blob/v10.11/components/ILIAS/QTI/classes/class.ilQtiMatImageSecurity.php#L110-L122
- https://github.com/ILIAS-eLearning/ILIAS/commit/47c8462bf46bbebd543a9f3b39c7896b0e9e7362
- https://github.com/ILIAS-eLearning/ILIAS/commit/58ee5b1767212530f9948adb0e7d5aecec66ce60
- https://github.com/ILIAS-eLearning/ILIAS/commit/5b200351330bee698432a45c0877c5bc694c367a
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ilias-before-9.24-10.12-and-11.5-unrestricted-file-upload-via-qti-import