vendor:
Blackboard
by:
SecurityFocus
4.3
CVSS
MEDIUM
Cross-Site Scripting
79
CWE
Product Name: Blackboard
Affected Version From: N/A
Affected Version To: N/A
Patch Exists: YES
Related CWE: N/A
CPE: N/A
Metasploit:
N/A
Other Scripts:
N/A
Tags: N/A
CVSS Metrics: N/A
Nuclei References:
N/A
Nuclei Metadata: N/A
Platforms Tested: N/A
2002
Blackboard Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Blackboard is reportedly prone to cross-site scripting attacks. This issue was reported to be in the login.pl script. The vulnerable script fails to sanitize HTML tags from CGI parameters. Attackers may exploit this condition via a malicious link to a site running the vulnerable software. Successful exploitation will enable an attacker to cause script code to be executed in the web browser of a user who visits the malicious link. It has been reported that there other instances where Blackboard fails to sanitize arbitrary HTML and script code.
Mitigation:
Input validation should be used to ensure that user-supplied data is properly sanitized.
