CVE-2007-4742

Status: ModifiedMedium (4.3)—

Claroline before 1.8.6 allows remote authenticated administrators to obtain sensitive information via an invalid value in the sort parameter to admin/adminusers.php, which reveals the path in an error message in some circumstances, as demonstrated by a parameter value containing an XSS sequence.

CVSS

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Base score: 4.3

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.04%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 63
Score date: 10/15/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Claroline — Claroline

CWEs

CWE-20

References

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