CVE-2005-4339

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability 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 inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the context parameter to announcement.pl, which is reflected in the resulting page.

Published: 2005-12-19 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-4339 is rated Low Risk (34.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.28%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-4339

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 2025-03-17 0.13% 0.28% +0.15%
2 2023-03-07 1.05% 0.13% -0.93%
3 2022-02-04 1.05%

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-4339

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-4339

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-4339

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-2005-4339

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