CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-4337

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

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.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can take over other users' accounts, including administrators, leading to unauthorized access to data and system functions.

Recommendation

Immediately upgrade the system to version 6 or later, which includes a fix for this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS