CVE-2008-1225

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-03-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in WebCT Campus Edition 4.1.5.8, when "Don't wrap text" is enabled, allow remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a (1) mail message or (2) discussion board message. NOTE: this might overlap CVE-2005-1076.

Affected products

Webct: 4.1.5.8

References

http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=120471944119467&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/29227
http://www.balupton.com/blogs/dev?title=webct_session_stealer_exploit
http://www.balupton.com/documents/webct_exploits.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28107
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41047
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=120471944119467&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/29227
http://www.balupton.com/blogs/dev?title=webct_session_stealer_exploit
http://www.balupton.com/documents/webct_exploits.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28107
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41047

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