Vulnerabilidades

Multiple cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities in Blackboard Academic Suite 8.0.260.7 allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of student users for requests that change configuration and enrollments via unspecified input to (1) update_module.jsp, (2) enroll_course.pl, and (3) unenroll.jsp.

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.

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…

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Blackboard Academic Suite 6.2.3.23 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary HTML or web script by bypassing client-side validation through disabling JavaScript when submitting an essay response, which has no server-side validation before being viewed via "View…

Blackboard Academic Suite 6.0 and earlier does not properly clear session information when de-authenticating a user who is idle, which allows subsequent users to log in as the previous user and gain privileges. NOTE: the vendor has disputed this issue, saying that "This is a customer specific issue related to their…

announcement.pl in Blackboard Learning and Community Portal System in Academic Suite 6.3.1.424, 6.2.3.23, and other versions before 6 allows remote attackers to gain administrator privileges by setting the context parameter to "admin".

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Blackboard Learning and Community Portal System in Academic Suite 6.3.1.424, 6.2.3.23, and other versions before 6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the context parameter to announcement.pl, which is reflected in the resulting page.

Blackboard Learning and Community Portal System in Academic Suite 6.3.1.424, 6.2.3.23, and other versions before 6 allows remote attackers to list all available categories via a blank category_id parameter to category.pl. NOTE: it is not clear whether this information is sensitive or not, so this might not be an…

The login page in Blackboard Learning and Community Portal System in Academic Suite 6.3.1.424, 6.2.3.23, and other versions before 6 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication and gain privileges as other users via a modified user_id parameter and a "/" in the encoded_pw parameter.

Blackboard Learning and Community Portal System in Academic Suite 6.3.1.424, 6.2.3.23, and other versions before 6 allows remote attackers to redirect users to other URLs and conduct phishing attacks via a modified url parameter to frameset.jsp, which loads the URL into a frame and causes it to appear to be part of a…