CVE-2008-1883

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-04-18 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-287

Description

The server in Blackboard Academic Suite 7.x stores MD5 password hashes that are provided directly by clients, which makes it easier for remote attackers to access accounts via a modified client that skips the javascript/md5.js hash calculation, and instead sends an arbitrary MD5 string.

Affected products

Blackboard Academic Suite: through 7

References

http://secskill.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/hacking-blackboard-academic-suite-2/
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
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41935
http://secskill.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/hacking-blackboard-academic-suite-2/
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
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41935

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