CVE-2008-1502
The _bad_protocol_once function in phpgwapi/inc/class.kses.inc.php in KSES, as used in eGroupWare before 1.4.003, Moodle before 1.8.5, and…
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Description
The _bad_protocol_once function in phpgwapi/inc/class.kses.inc.php in KSES, as used in eGroupWare before 1.4.003, Moodle before 1.8.5, and other products, allows remote attackers to bypass HTML filtering and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a string containing crafted URL protocols.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
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)
- 10.5% · top 4.2% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Packagistmoodle/moodleGHSA-v759-3wr5-p294 (opens in a new tab)
References (21)
- 29491 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 31017 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 32400 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2008:015 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 32446 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1871 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 30986 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- egroupware-badprotocolonce-security-bypass(41435) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.egroupware.org/viewvc/branches/1.4/phpgwapi/inc/class.kses.inc.php?r1=23625&r2=25110&pathrev=25110 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-6226 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 31018 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-658-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://docs.moodle.org/en/Release_Notes#Moodle_1.8.5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20080708 Re: CVE request: moodle xss in < 1.8.5 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 30073 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.egroupware.org/changelog (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 28424 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- GLSA-200805-04 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0989 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- DSA-1691 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 31167 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-v759-3wr5-p294 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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