FKIE_CVE-2008-0851

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-02-21 00:44 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:50
Severity
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://projects.dokeos.com/index.php?do=details&task_id=2218Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/28974Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/3687
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488314/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27792
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019425
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0587
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://projects.dokeos.com/index.php?do=details&task_id=2218Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/28974Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3687
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488314/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27792
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019425
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0587
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
dokeos e-learning_system 1.8.4
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