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.
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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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)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
|
8.6 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.ipomonis.com/advisories/Bb_6.zip | Vendor Advisory |