CVE-2005-4206
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 redirect users to other URLs and conduct phishing attacks via a modified url parameter to frameset.jsp, which…
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 2.1%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
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 redirect users to other URLs and conduct phishing attacks via a modified url parameter to frameset.jsp, which loads the URL into a frame and causes it to appear to be part of a valid page.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.09% probability · 81th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 12 December 2005
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-601
- Affected
- blackboard/academic suite
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.1% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17991Broken Link, Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ipomonis.com/advisories/Bb_6.zipBroken Link
- http://www.osvdb.org/21618Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15814Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23558Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17991Broken Link, Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ipomonis.com/advisories/Bb_6.zipBroken Link
- http://www.osvdb.org/21618Broken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15814Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23558Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.