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…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 4.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 9.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 3 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits3
Exploit-DB3 entries
- Dokeos 1.8.4 - '/main/calendar/myagenda.php?courseCode' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 31196webapps, phppublished 15 Feb 2008Verified
- Dokeos 1.8.4 - '/main/admin/course_category.php?category' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 31197webapps, phppublished 15 Feb 2008Verified
- Dokeos 1.8.4 - '/main/admin/session_list.php?cmessage' Cross-Site Scripting (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 31198webapps, phppublished 15 Feb 2008Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.0% · top 9.4% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
7
- 27792 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 3687 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- http://projects.dokeos.com/index.php?do=details&task_id=2218 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20080219 [DSECRG-08-015] Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in Dokeos 1.8.4 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1019425 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 28974 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0587 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-0858 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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