CVE-2006-0511

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-02-01 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

Blackboard: 5.0, 5.0.2, 5.5, 5.5.1, 6.0
Blackboard Academic Suite: 6.0

References

http://www.osvdb.org/28023
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423654/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423686/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423778/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16438
http://www.osvdb.org/28023
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423654/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423686/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423778/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16438

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