Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Blackboard Learning System 6, Blackboard Learning and Community Portal Suite 6.2.3.23, and Blackboard Vista 4 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary Javascript, VBScript, or HTML via (1) data, (2) vbscript, and (3) malformed javascript URIs in various HTML tags when posting to the Discussion Board.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- BlackBoard Products 6 - Multiple HTML Injection Vulnerabilities EDB-28324 · webapps · Aug 24, 2006 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 19308 vdb-entry
- 20060828 Re: Re: BlackBoard Multiple Vulnerabilities (XSS) mailing-list
- ADV-2006-3366 vdb-entry
- 20060822 BlackBoard Multiple Vulnerabilities (XSS) mailing-list
- blackboard-multiple-xss(28537) vdb-entry
- 20060823 Re: BlackBoard Multiple Vulnerabilities (XSS) mailing-list
- 21577 third-party-advisory
- 1016735 vdb-entry