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The server in Blackboard Academic Suite 7.x stores MD5...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 1, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 9, 2025

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

The server in Blackboard Academic Suite 7.x stores MD5 password hashes that are provided directly by clients, which makes it easier for remote attackers to access accounts via a modified client that skips the javascript/md5.js hash calculation, and instead sends an arbitrary MD5 string.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Apr 18, 2008
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 1, 2022
Last updated Apr 9, 2025

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

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(69th percentile)

Weaknesses

Improper Authentication

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2008-1883

GHSA ID

GHSA-8hc3-wrhh-6crh

Source code

No known source code

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