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CVE-2009-2006 (GCVE-0-2009-2006)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-06-08 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 05:36
VLAI
Summary
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Dokeos 1.8.5, and possibly earlier, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) search_term parameter to main/auth/courses.php; the (2) frm_title and (3) frm_content parameters in a new personal agenda item action; the (4) title and (5) tutor_name parameters in a new course action; and the (6) student and (7) course parameters to main/mySpace/myStudents.php. NOTE: vectors 2 and 3 might only be exploitable via a separate CSRF vulnerability.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2009-05-12 00:00
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