National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-2006
Original release date:06/08/2009
Last revised:06/09/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
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.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
4.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: High
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized modification
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External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-1300
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.dokeos.com/wiki/index.php/Security#Dokeos_1.8
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: XF
Name: dokeos-mystudents-xss(50502)
External Source: XF
Name: dokeos-new-course-xss(50500)
External Source: XF
Name: dokeos-agenda-item-xss(50498)
External Source: BID
Name: 34928
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 34879
Type: Advisory
External Source: MISC
Name: http://holisticinfosec.org/content/view/112/45/