Blackboard Academic Suite up to 7 data__announcements___pk1_pk2__subject cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Blackboard Academic Suite up to 7. This affects an unknown part. Performing a manipulation of the argument data__announcements___pk1_pk2__subject results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2008-1795. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Blackboard Academic Suite up to 7 (Forum Software). This affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument data__announcements___pk1_pk2__subject with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was disclosed 04/15/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-1795 since 04/15/2008. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details and a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as highly functional.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (41478), Exploit-DB (31538), SecurityFocus (BID 28455†), Secunia (SA29543†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1019710†). The entry VDB-42060 is pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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03/26/2008 🔍
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03/16/2015 +2526 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-1795 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-1795
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-41967
X-Force: 41478 - Blackboard Academic Suite searchtext cross-site scripting
SecurityFocus: 28455 - Blackboard Academic Suite Multiple Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 29543
SecurityTracker: 1019710

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 11/30/2024 20:12
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (61), 11/15/2017 14:25 (1), 11/30/2024 20:12 (17)
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