CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-4338

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Vulnerability in the announcement.pl script of Blackboard Learning and Community Portal System in Academic Suite versions 6.3.1.424, 6.2.3.23, and earlier before version 6 allows a remote attacker to gain administrator privileges by setting the context parameter to 'admin'.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can take full control of the system by gaining unauthorized access to administrative functions, potentially leading to data confidentiality, integrity, and availability breaches.

Recommendation

Immediately upgrade Blackboard to version 6 or later, which fixes this vulnerability. As a workaround, restrict access to the announcement.pl script to trusted IP addresses only.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

announcement.pl 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 gain administrator privileges by setting the context parameter to "admin".

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