{"cve":"CVE-2008-1883","nvd":{"published":"2008-04-18T15:05:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:52:41.027","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-287"],"references":["http://secskill.wordpress.com/2008/03/27/hacking-blackboard-academic-suite-2/","http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3810","http://www.scribd.com/doc/2363025/Hacking-Blackboard-Academic-Suite","http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/490096/100/0/threaded","https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41935"],"products":["blackboard:blackboard_academic_suite"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:51:11.071189229+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-1883","score":0.01264,"percentile":0.69714,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}