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Blackboard Academic Suite "searchText" Cross-Site Scripting
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA29543
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Release Date:
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2008-04-03
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Last Update:
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2008-04-17
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Cross Site Scripting
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Blackboard Academic Suite 6.x
Blackboard Academic Suite 7.x
Blackboard Academic Suite 8.x
Blackboard Learning and Community Portal Systems 6
Blackboard Learning System 6
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2008-1795 (Secunia mirror)
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Description:
Duong Thanh has reported a vulnerability in Blackboard Academic Suite, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
Input passed to the "searchText" parameter in webapps/blackboard/execute/viewCatalog is not properly sanitised before being returned to the user. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's browser session in context of an affected site.
The vulnerability is reported in 6.3 versions prior to 6.3.1.683, 7.0 versions prior to 7.0.404.58, 7.1 versions prior to 7.1.467.35, 7.2 versions prior to 7.2.383.45, 7.3 versions prior to 7.3.216.0, and 8.0 versions prior to 8.0.184.0.
Solution:
Update to Blackboard Academic Suite version 6.3.1.683, 7.0.404.58, 7.1.467.35, 7.2.383.45, 7.3.216.0, or 8.0.184.0.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Duong Thanh a.k.a. Knight4vn
Changelog:
2008-04-17: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
Blackboard:
http://kb.blackboard.com/display/KB/Security+Vulnerability+in+the+Course+Catalog
http://kb.blackboard.com//x/04NPAQ
Duong Thanh:
http://secskill.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/hacking-blackboard-academic-suite-2/
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5. Blackboard Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
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