VDB-3362 · CVE-2007-5227 · BID 25929

BlackBoard Learning System 6 cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in BlackBoard Learning System 6. The impacted element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-5227. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in BlackBoard Learning System 6 (Forum Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was disclosed 10/04/2007 by Ruben Ventura Pina (Website). The advisory is available at trew.icenetx.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-5227 since 10/05/2007. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 25929†), OSVDB (37427†) and Secunia (SA27005†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: trew.icenetx.net
Researcher: Ruben Ventura Pina
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2007-5227 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-5227
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3362
SecurityFocus: 25929
Secunia: 27005 - BlackBoard Learning System Script Insertion Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 37427 - BlackBoard Learning System messaging/course/composeMessage.jsp Multiple Parameter XSS

Entryinfo

Created: 10/18/2007 09:48
Updated: 04/23/2018 09:30
Changes: 10/18/2007 09:48 (58), 04/23/2018 09:30 (7)
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Cache ID: 216:E7A:103

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