PT-2005-5025 · Blackboard · Blackboard Learning/Community Portal System

Published 2005-12-17 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2005-4337

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Blackboard Learning and Community Portal System versions prior to 6

Description The issue allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain privileges as other users. This is achieved via a modified user id parameter and a "/" in the encoded pw parameter in the login page.

Recommendations For versions prior to 6, consider restricting access to the login page until a fix is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the user id parameter in the affected login endpoint until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-4337

Affected Products

Blackboard Learning/Community Portal System

References · 4

• 🔥 http://ipomonis.com/advisories/Bb_6.zip · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4337 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-4337 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/21616 · Note