Blackboard: Security Vulnerabilities
Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in Blackboard Academic Suite 8.0.260.7 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of student users for requests that change configuration and enrollments via unspecified input to (1) update_module.jsp, (2) enroll_course.pl, and (3) unenroll.jsp.
CVSS Score
4.3
EPSS Score
0.001
Published
2008-07-31
The server in Blackboard Academic Suite 7.x stores MD5 password hashes that are provided directly by clients, which makes it easier for remote attackers to access accounts via a modified client that skips the javascript/md5.js hash calculation, and instead sends an arbitrary MD5 string.
CVSS Score
6.8
EPSS Score
0.006
Published
2008-04-18
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Blackboard Academic Suite 7.x and earlier, and possibly some 8.0 versions, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the searchText parameter in a Course action to webapps/blackboard/execute/viewCatalog or (2) the data__announcements___pk1_pk2__subject parameter in an ADD action to bin/common/announcement.pl.
CVSS Score
4.3
EPSS Score
0.054
Published
2008-04-15
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in messaging/course/composeMessage.jsp in BlackBoard Learning System 6.3.1.593 and earlier in BlackBoard Academic Suite allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) subject_t and (2) body_text parameters. NOTE: vector 2 requires bypassing a client-side security mechanism that attempts to block XSS sequences.
CVSS Score
4.3
EPSS Score
0.004
Published
2007-10-05
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Blackboard Learning System 6, Blackboard Learning and Community Portal Suite 6.2.3.23, and Blackboard Vista 4 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary Javascript, VBScript, or HTML via (1) data, (2) vbscript, and (3) malformed javascript URIs in various HTML tags when posting to the Discussion Board.
CVSS Score
4.3
EPSS Score
0.01
Published
2006-08-23
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Blackboard Academic Suite 6.2.3.23 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary HTML or web script by bypassing client-side validation through disabling JavaScript when submitting an essay response, which has no server-side validation before being viewed via "View Attempt Details" in the Gradebook.
CVSS Score
6.0
EPSS Score
0.005
Published
2006-07-28
Blackboard Academic Suite 6.0 and earlier does not properly clear session information when de-authenticating a user who is idle, which allows subsequent users to log in as the previous user and gain privileges. NOTE: the vendor has disputed this issue, saying that "This is a customer specific issue related to their Kerberos authentication single sign-on application and not a vulnerability in the Blackboard product.
CVSS Score
4.3
EPSS Score
0.002
Published
2006-02-01
The login page in Blackboard Learning and Community Portal System in Academic Suite 6.3.1.424, 6.2.3.23, and other versions before 6 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain privileges as other users via a modified user_id parameter and a "/" in the encoded_pw parameter.
CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.005
Published
2005-12-19
announcement.pl in Blackboard Learning and Community Portal System in Academic Suite 6.3.1.424, 6.2.3.23, and other versions before 6 allows remote attackers to gain administrator privileges by setting the context parameter to "admin".
CVSS Score
10.0
EPSS Score
0.012
Published
2005-12-19
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Blackboard Learning and Community Portal System in Academic Suite 6.3.1.424, 6.2.3.23, and other versions before 6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the context parameter to announcement.pl, which is reflected in the resulting page.
CVSS Score
4.3
EPSS Score
0.003
Published
2005-12-19