CVE-2008-0851

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-02-21 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

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.

Affected products

Dokeos E-Learning System: 1.8.4

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

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