CVE-2005-4337

critical

Description

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.

References

http://www.osvdb.org/21616

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-12-19

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00676