CVE-2008-1795

Public exploit code

Working exploit or proof of concept code has been published for this vulnerability. Treat unpatched systems as at risk.

• BlackBoard Academic Suite 6/7 - '/bin/common/announcement.pl?data__announcements___pk1_pk2__subject' Cross-Site Scripting2008-03-26 · webapps · cgi · Verified
• BlackBoard Academic Suite 6/7 - '/webapps/BlackBoard/execute/viewCatalog?searchText' Cross-Site Scripting2008-03-26 · webapps · cgi · Verified

Impact

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.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• 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
• 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