MEDIUM
moodle: KSES related XSS issue
Published Mar 25, 2008
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 10.50%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 1.4.002
- 1.0
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.6
- 1.2.106-2
- 1.4.001
- ≤ 1.8.4
- 1.1.1
- 1.2.0
- 1.2.1
- 1.3.0
- 1.3.1
- 1.3.2
- 1.3.3
- 1.3.4
- 1.4.1
- 1.4.2
- 1.4.3
- 1.4.4
- 1.4.5
- 1.5
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.1
- 1.5.2
- 1.5.3
- 1.6.0
- 1.6.1
- 1.6.2
- 1.6.3
- 1.6.4
- 1.6.5
- 1.6.6
- 1.6.7
- 1.7.1
- 1.7.2
- 1.7.3
- 1.7.4
- 1.7.5
- 1.7.6
- 1.8.1
- 1.8.2
- 1.8.3
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
4.3 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
10.50% 0.10503
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.10503
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 10.50% (0.10503) | 95.63th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 10.54% (0.10541) | 95.17th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.09% (0.01086) | 76.36th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 6, 2025 | 1.58% (0.01583) | 87.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 2.88% (0.02875) | 90.48th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.79% (0.00787) | 82.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.68% (0.00684) | 80.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 7, 2024 | 0.74% (0.00743) | 80.79th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.56% (0.00560) | 76.97th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.56% (0.00560) | 74.26th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 85.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 84.43th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 67.70th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (35)
- http://docs.moodle.org/en/Release_Notes#Moodle_1.8.5 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00006.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29491 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30073 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30986 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31017 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31018 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31167 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32400 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32446 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1691 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatch
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.egroupware.org/changelog x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.egroupware.org/viewvc/branches/1.4/phpgwapi/inc/class.kses.inc.php?r1=23625&r2=25110&pathrev=25110 x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-04.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/07/08/14 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28424 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0989/references vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1502 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454246 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41435 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v759-3wr5-p294 Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1502
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/658-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080709031015/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28424
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080828131802/http://secunia.com/advisories/31017
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080905011948/http://secunia.com/advisories/31018
- https://web.archive.org/web/20081011001554/http://secunia.com/advisories/31167
- https://web.archive.org/web/20081025081058/http://secunia.com/advisories/32400
- https://web.archive.org/web/20081028073531/http://secunia.com/advisories/32446
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090129193143/http://secunia.com/advisories/30986
- https://web.archive.org/web/20100819022833/http://secunia.com/advisories/30073
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120719035305/http://secunia.com/advisories/29491
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1502
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00331.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 25, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Mar 25, 2008
Link CVE-2008-1502
CISA Vulnrichment
GHSA-V759-3WR5-P294 Updated n/a