CVE-2005-4338

Exp

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".

Published: 2005-12-19 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-4338 is rated High Exploit Risk (86/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.72%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.55% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-4338

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-4338

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 1.17% 2.72% +1.55%
2 2025-03-30 0.62% 1.17% +0.55%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.62% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-4338

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-4338

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-4338

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
blackboard academic_suite — cpe:2.3:a:blackboard:academic_suite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
blackboard academic_suite 6.2.3.23 cpe:2.3:a:blackboard:academic_suite:6.2.3.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
blackboard academic_suite 6.3.1.424 cpe:2.3:a:blackboard:academic_suite:6.3.1.424:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-4338

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