CVE-2005-4206

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-12-13 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-601

Description

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 redirect users to other URLs and conduct phishing attacks via a modified url parameter to frameset.jsp, which loads the URL into a frame and causes it to appear to be part of a valid page.

Affected products

Blackboard Academic Suite: through 6.0.0.0; 6.2.3.23, 6.3.1.424

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/17991
http://www.ipomonis.com/advisories/Bb_6.zip
http://www.osvdb.org/21618
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15814
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23558
http://secunia.com/advisories/17991
http://www.ipomonis.com/advisories/Bb_6.zip
http://www.osvdb.org/21618
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15814
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23558

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