CVE-2002-1007

Blackboard 5 - Cross-Site Scripting via Multiple Parameters

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2002-1007. PoCs published by Berend-Jan Wever.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Blackboard's login.pl script due to insufficient sanitization of HTML tags in CGI parameters. The PoC provides a malicious URL that, when visited, executes arbitrary JavaScript in the victim's browser.

Description

Cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in Blackboard 5 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary web script via (1) the course_id parameter in a link to login.pl, (2) the CTID parameter in ProcessInfo.cgi, or (3) the Message parameter in index.cgi.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Berend-Jan Wever · textwebappscgi
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21588

This exploit demonstrates a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Blackboard's login.pl script due to insufficient sanitization of HTML tags in CGI parameters. The PoC provides a malicious URL that, when visited, executes arbitrary JavaScript in the victim's browser.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Xss
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Blackboard (version not specified)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Victim must visit a malicious link
MITRE ATT&CK
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9467.php
Exploit, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5137
Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-07/0005.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0279
EPSS Percentile 84.5%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
blackboard/blackboard 5.0
Published Oct 04, 2002
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026