CVE-2006-3914

Status: ModifiedMedium (6)—

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 Attempt Details" in the Gradebook.

CVSS

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Base score: 6

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.12%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 65
Score date: 10/6/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Blackboard — Blackboard Academic Suite

CWEs

NVD-CWE-Other

References

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