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CVE-2008-1795
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Blackboard Academic Suite 7.x and earlier, and possibly some 8.0 versions, allow…
Medium4.3EPSS 1.9%
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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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.9% · top 20% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (8)
- http://www.scribd.com/doc/2363025/Hacking-Blackboard-Academic-Suite (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1019710 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 3810 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- http://secskill.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/hacking-blackboard-academic-suite-2/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 29543 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20080326 Blackboard Academic Suite Multiple XSS Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 28455 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- blackboard-searchtext-xss(41478) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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