Dokeos Unspecified Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	19210
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jul 28 2006 12:00AM
Updated:	Jul 28 2006 10:02PM
Credit:	The vendor disclosed this vulnerability.
Vulnerable:	Dokeos Open Source Learning & Knowledge Management Tool 1.6.4 (P1)
Not Vulnerable:	Dokeos Open Source Learning & Knowledge Management Tool 1.6.5

Dokeos Unspecified Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Dokeos is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability.

An attacker may leverage this issue to have arbitrary script code execute in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site.This may help the attacker steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

Version 1.6.4(patch 1) is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Dokeos Unspecified Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected]

Dokeos Unspecified Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released version 1.6.5. to address this issue; please see the reference section for details.

Dokeos Unspecified Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

References:

• Dokeos 1.6.5. : fixing XSS security issue (Dokeos)
  
• Dokeos Security Page (Dokeos)