JVN#24730765: Blackboard Vista/CE vulnerable to cross-site scripting

Overview

Blackboard Vista/CE contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability.

Products Affected

Blackboard Vista/CE 8.0 Service Pack 6 and earlier

Description

Blackboard Vista/CE is a learning management system (LMS). Blackboard Vista/CE contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability.

Impact

An arbitrary script may be executed on the user's web browser.

Solution

Update the software
Update to the latest version according to the information provided by the developer.

Vendor Status

Vendor	Link
Blackboard, Inc.	Behind the Blackboard (Registered users only)

References

JPCERT/CC Addendum

Vulnerability Analysis by JPCERT/CC

Analyzed on 2014.02.21

Measures	Conditions	Severity
Access Required	can be attacked over the Internet using packets	High
Authentication	anonymous or no authentication (IP addresses do not count)	High
User Interaction Required	the user must be convinced to take a standard action that does not feel harmful to most users, such as click on a link or view a file	Mid
Exploit Complexity	some expertise and/or luck required (most buffer overflows, guessing correctly in small space, expertise in Windows function calls)	Mid-High

Description of each analysis measures

Credit

ICHIHARA Ryohei of SERAKU Co.,Ltd. reported this vulnerability to the developer.
JPCERT/CC coordinated with the developer under Information Security Early Warning Partnership.

Other Information

JPCERT Alert
JPCERT Reports
CERT Advisory
CPNI Advisory
TRnotes
CVE	CVE-2014-0811
JVN iPedia	JVNDB-2014-000012

JVN#24730765 Blackboard Vista/CE vulnerable to cross-site scripting