CVE-2005-4338 (GCVE-0-2005-4338)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2005-12-17 21:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 19:35
VLAI
Summary
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".
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.ipomonis.com/advisories/Bb_6.zip x_refsource_MISC
http://www.osvdb.org/21617 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
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