CVE-2008-1795

medium

Description

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41478

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019710

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28455

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490096/100/0/threaded

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3810

http://secunia.com/advisories/29543

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-04-15

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.1

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.06065