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CVE-2007-5227

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2007-10-05 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

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.

Affected products

• Blackboard Learning And Community Post Systems: 6.3.1.593

References

• http://osvdb.org/37427
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27005
• http://trew.icenetx.net/toolz/advisory-blackboard-messages-en.txt
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25929
• http://osvdb.org/37427
• http://secunia.com/advisories/27005
• http://trew.icenetx.net/toolz/advisory-blackboard-messages-en.txt
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25929

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