Dokeos E-learning System 1.8.4 inscription.php Message cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Dokeos E-learning System 1.8.4. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file inscription.php. The manipulation of the argument Message leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2008-0851. The attack can be initiated remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Dokeos E-learning System 1.8.4 (Learning Management Software). This issue affects some unknown functionality of the file inscription.php. The manipulation of the argument message with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The bug was discovered 01/29/2008. The weakness was released 02/20/2008 by Alexandr Polyakov (DiGiT) with Digital Security Research Group (Website). The advisory is shared at secunia.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-0851 since 02/20/2008. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 21 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:inscription.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 31116 (Dokeos main/inc/lib/events.lib.inc.php Referer HTTP Header SQL Injection), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (40568), Exploit-DB (31197), Tenable (31116), SecurityFocus (BID 27792†) and OSVDB (41704†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-41140. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Nessus ID: 31116
Nessus Name: Dokeos main/inc/lib/events.lib.inc.php Referer HTTP Header SQL Injection
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01/29/2008 🔍
02/15/2008 +17 days 🔍
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03/16/2015 +2575 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Researcher: Alexandr Polyakov (DiGiT)
Organization: Digital Security Research Group
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-0851 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-0851
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-41141
X-Force: 40568
SecurityFocus: 27792 - Dokeos Multiple SQL Injection, HTML Injection, Cross-Site Scripting, and File Upload Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 28974
OSVDB: 41704 - Dokeos main/calendar/myagenda.php courseCode Parameter XSS
SecurityTracker: 1019425
Vulnerability Center: 17737 - Dokeos Multiple Vulnerabilities Allow Remote Attackers to Conduct Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Attacks, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-0587

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 05/29/2025 05:55
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (71), 08/06/2019 06:49 (12), 07/31/2021 08:35 (3), 05/29/2025 05:55 (15)
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