CVE-2026-33737: Chamilo LMS has an XML External Entity (XXE) Injection

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-04-10 · updated 2026-10-26
Weakness: CWE-611

Description

Chamilo LMS is a learning management system. Prior to 1.11.38 and 2.0.0-RC.3, multiple files use simplexml_load_string() without XXE protection. With LIBXML_NOENT flag, arbitrary server files can be read. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.11.38 and 2.0.0-RC.3.

Affected products

chamilo-lms: before 1.11.38; 2.0.0-alpha1, 2.0.0-alpha2, 2.0.0-alpha3, 2.0.0-alpha4, 2.0.0-alpha5, 2.0.0-beta1 (+4) — fixed in 1.11.38

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: chamilo-lms 1.11.38. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/chamilo/chamilo-lms/commit/22b1cb1c609b643765c88654155aba27070c927e
https://github.com/chamilo/chamilo-lms/commit/af6b7002af7c15825e98fc522e2ead0d00cacaa3
https://github.com/chamilo/chamilo-lms/security/advisories/GHSA-c4ww-qgf2-v89j

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