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CVE-2008-1502

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-1502 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the KSES library, specifically within the _bad_protocol_once function. This flaw, present in products like eGroupWare before 1.4.003 and Moodle before 1.8.5, allows remote attackers to bypass HTML filtering by injecting crafted URL protocols. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and potential for partial integrity impact, requiring no authentication. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.4.002CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:egroupware:egroupware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:egroupware:egroupware:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:egroupware:egroupware:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:egroupware:egroupware:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:egroupware:egroupware:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
10.50%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1050 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: moodle/moodleFixed in: 1.8.5
debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

composerGHSA-v759-3wr5-p294medium

Moodle vulnerable to Cross-site scripting

May 1, 2022
redhatCVE-2008-1502Moderate

moodle: KSES related XSS issue

Apr 16, 2008

References

docs.moodle.org / en/Release_Notes
PatchVendor Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00006.html
secunia.com / advisories/29491
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30073
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30986
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/31017
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/31018
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/31167
secunia.com / advisories/32400
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32446
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/41435
usn.ubuntu.com / 658-1
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00331.html
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1691
Patch
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1871
egroupware.org / changelog
egroupware.org / viewvc/branches/1.4/phpgwapi/inc/class.kses.inc.php
Exploit
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-04.xml
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/07/08/14
securityfocus.com / bid/28424
Patch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0989/references
Vendor Advisory