Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-0851

Title: Dokeos E-Learning System Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

XSS

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2008-0851

CWE Category CWE-79
Published Date Feb 21, 2008
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 4.3 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
3.96%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-0851: 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.

Impacted Vendors

D
dokeos 1

Reference Links

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
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
4.3
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-0851 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31197
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Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31198
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Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31196
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MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.