CVE-2008-1502

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    CVE-2008-1502

    Published: 25 Mar 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The _bad_protocol_once function in phpgwapi/inc/class.kses.inc.php in KSES, as used in eGroupWare before 1.4.003, Moodle before 1.8.5, and other products, allows remote attackers to bypass HTML filtering and conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a string containing crafted URL protocols.

    References: http://docs.moodle.org/en/Release_Notes#Moodle_1.8.5, http://secunia.com/advisories/29491, http://secunia.com/advisories/30073, http://secunia.com/advisories/30986, http://secunia.com/advisories/31017, http://secunia.com/advisories/31018, http://secunia.com/advisories/31167, http://secunia.com/advisories/32400, http://secunia.com/advisories/32446, http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0989/references, http://www.egroupware.org/viewvc/branches/1.4/phpgwapi/inc/class.kses.inc.php?r1=23625&r2=25110&pathrev=25110, http://docs.moodle.org/en/Release_Notes#Moodle_1.8.5, http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1691, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28424, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00006.html, http://www.egroupware.org/changelog, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-04.xml, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/08/14, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41435, https://usn.ubuntu.com/658-1/, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00331.html

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High