CVE-2008-1795

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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 4.3 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2008-04-15

Last modified

2024-08-07

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Affected products

• Academic Suite (Blackboard)

References

• http://secskill.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/hacking-blackboard-academic-suite-2/
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29543
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3810
• http://www.scribd.com/doc/2363025/Hacking-Blackboard-Academic-Suite
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490096/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28455
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019710
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41478