CVE-2009-2006

Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-06-08 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Dokeos 1.8.5, and possibly earlier, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) search_term parameter to main/auth/courses.php; the (2) frm_title and (3) frm_content parameters in a new personal agenda item action; the (4) title and (5) tutor_name parameters in a new course action; and the (6) student and (7) course parameters to main/mySpace/myStudents.php. NOTE: vectors 2 and 3 might only be exploitable via a separate CSRF vulnerability.

Affected products

Dokeos: 1.8.5

References

http://holisticinfosec.org/content/view/112/45/
http://secunia.com/advisories/34879
http://www.dokeos.com/wiki/index.php/Security#Dokeos_1.8
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34928
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1300
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50498
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50500
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50502
http://holisticinfosec.org/content/view/112/45/
http://secunia.com/advisories/34879
http://www.dokeos.com/wiki/index.php/Security#Dokeos_1.8
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34928

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