CVE-2008-1883
The server in Blackboard Academic Suite 7.x stores MD5 password hashes that are provided directly...
The server in Blackboard Academic Suite 7.x stores MD5 password hashes that are provided directly by clients, which makes it easier for remote attackers to access accounts via a modified client that skips the javascript/md5.js hash calculation, and instead sends an arbitrary MD5 string.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The server in Blackboard Academic Suite 7.x stores MD5 password hashes that are provided directly by clients, which makes it easier for remote attackers to access accounts via a modified client that skips the javascript/md5.js hash calculation, and instead sends an arbitrary MD5 string.
- Record
CVE-2008-1883- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The server in Blackboard Academic Suite 7.x stores MD5 password hashes that are provided directly by clients, which makes it easier for remote attackers to access accounts via a modified client that skips the javascript/md5.js hash calculation, and instead sends an arbitrary MD5 string.
- Record
CVE-2008-1883- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2008-1883 No score
The server in Blackboard Academic Suite 7.x stores MD5 password hashes that are provided directly by clients, which makes it easier for remote attackers to access accounts via a modified client that skips the javascript/md5.js hash calculation, and instead sends an arbitrary MD5 string.
- Record
EUVD-2008-1883- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8hc3-wrhh-6crh No score
The server in Blackboard Academic Suite 7.x stores MD5 password hashes that are provided directly...
The server in Blackboard Academic Suite 7.x stores MD5 password hashes that are provided directly by clients, which makes it easier for remote attackers to access accounts via a modified client that skips the javascript/md5.js hash calculation, and instead sends an arbitrary MD5 string.
- Record
GHSA-8hc3-wrhh-6crh- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2008-1883 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Blackboard Academic Suite, published April 18, 2008. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.26%, the 69th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
scribd.com/doc/2363025/Hacking-Blackboard-Academic-Suite
securityreason.com/securityalert/3810
secskill.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/hacking-blackboard-academic-suite-2
securityfocus.com/archive/1/490096/100/0/threaded
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41935
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1883
github.com/advisories/GHSA-8hc3-wrhh-6crh