XSS in Blackboard Learning And Community Post Systems
CVE-2007-5227
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in messaging/course/composeMessage.jsp in BlackBoard Learning System 6.3.1.593 and earlier in BlackBoard Academic Suite allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (1) subject_t and (2) body_text parameters. NOTE: vector 2 requires bypassing a client-side security mechanism that attempts to block XSS sequences.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.011 (63.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 63rd percentile — 63.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Blackboard Learning And Community Post Systems — versions 6.3.1.593
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- trew.icenetx.net/toolz/advisory-blackboard-messages-en.txt
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/25929 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/27005 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- osvdb.org/37427 (vdb-entry)