CVE-2008-1795
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-79
- EPSS score
- 1.9% (80th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1795)
- Published
- April 15, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1795 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- blackboard / academic suite
References
- http://secskill.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/hacking-blackboard-academic-suite-2/(Exploit)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29543(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3810
- http://www.scribd.com/doc/2363025/Hacking-Blackboard-Academic-Suite(Exploit)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490096/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28455
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019710
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41478
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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