PT-2008-3333 · Blackboard · Blackboard Academic Suite

Published 2008-04-15 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-1795

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Blackboard Academic Suite versions 7.x and earlier, and possibly some 8.0 versions

Description The issue allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML. This can be achieved via the searchText parameter in a Course action to "/webapps/blackboard/execute/viewCatalog" or the data announcements pk1 pk2 subject parameter in an ADD action to "/bin/common/announcement.pl".

Recommendations For Blackboard Academic Suite versions 7.x and earlier, and possibly some 8.0 versions, consider restricting access to the vulnerable parameters searchText and data announcements pk1 pk2 subject to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-1795

Affected Products

Blackboard Academic Suite

References · 12

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/31538 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/31537 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://scribd.com/doc/2363025/Hacking-Blackboard-Academic-Suite · Exploit
• 🔥 http://secskill.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/hacking-blackboard-academic-suite-2 · Exploit
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29543 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1795 · Security Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3810 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/28455 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41478 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1795 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/490096/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1019710 · Note