CVE-2008-0851 EXPLOIT
4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 4% (pctl 90)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Dokeos 1.8.4 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) username parameter to inscription.php, (2) courseCode parameter to main/calendar/myagenda.php, (3) category parameter to main/admin/course_category.php, (4) message parameter to main/admin/session_list.php in a show_message action, and (5) an avatar image to main/auth/profile.php.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.3 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| EPSS | 3.96% — more likely to be exploited than 90% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-79 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2008-02-21 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| dokeos | e-learning system |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Dokeos 1.8.4 - '/main/calendar/myagenda.php?courseCode' Cross-Site Scripting | 2008-02-15 |
| exploit-db | Dokeos 1.8.4 - '/main/admin/course_category.php?category' Cross-Site Scripting | 2008-02-15 |
| exploit-db | Dokeos 1.8.4 - '/main/admin/session_list.php?cmessage' Cross-Site Scripting | 2008-02-15 |
References
- http://projects.dokeos.com/index.php?do=details&task_id=2218
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28974
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3687
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488314/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27792
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019425
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0587
- http://projects.dokeos.com/index.php?do=details&task_id=2218
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28974
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3687
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488314/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27792
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019425
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0587
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