CVE-2008-1795

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-04-15 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

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

Blackboard Academic Suite: through 7

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
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

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