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CVE-2008-1883
The server in Blackboard Academic Suite 7.x stores MD5 password hashes that are provided directly by clients, which makes it easier for…
Medium6.8EPSS 1.3%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 30% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- http://www.scribd.com/doc/2363025/Hacking-Blackboard-Academic-Suite (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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
- 20080326 Blackboard Academic Suite Multiple XSS Vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- blackboard-client-information-disclosure(41935) (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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