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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.3

CVE-2008-0851 json

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Dokeos 1.8.4 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (…

published 2008-02-21 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-0858

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.0%
EPSS 4.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
3
Exploit-DB

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.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-31198)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

3.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-31198 Dokeos 1.8.4 - '/main/admin/session_list.php?cmessage' Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2008-02-15
  • EDB-31197 Dokeos 1.8.4 - '/main/admin/course_category.php?category' Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2008-02-15
  • EDB-31196 Dokeos 1.8.4 - '/main/calendar/myagenda.php?courseCode' Cross-Site Scripting webapps, 2008-02-15
  • projects.dokeos.com http://projects.dokeos.com/index.php?do=details&task_id=2218 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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