CVE-2008-0851

Exp

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.

Published: 2008-02-20 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-0851 is rated High Exploit Risk (64.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.96%). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-0851

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
31196 exploit_db edb 2008-02-15 Exploit-DB ↗
31198 exploit_db edb 2008-02-15 Exploit-DB ↗
31197 exploit_db edb 2008-02-15 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-0851

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 3.13% 3.96% +0.83%
2 2026-05-08 2.94% 3.13% +0.19%
3 2025-05-29 — 2.94% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-0851

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-0851

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-0851

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
dokeos e-learning_system 1.8.4 cpe:2.3:a:dokeos:e-learning_system:1.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-0851

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