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TITLE:
Blackboard Academic Suite "searchText" Cross-Site Scripting

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA29543

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29543/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Cross Site Scripting

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Blackboard Learning System 6
http://secunia.com/product/11658/
Blackboard Learning and Community Portal Systems 6
http://secunia.com/product/1002/
Blackboard Academic Suite 6.x
http://secunia.com/product/18187/
Blackboard Academic Suite 7.x
http://secunia.com/product/18188/
Blackboard Academic Suite 8.x
http://secunia.com/product/18189/

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

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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