Open edX edx-platform before 2015-08-25 requires use of the database for storage of SAML SSO secrets, which makes it easier for context-depe

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

• edx edx-platformup to 2015-08-20 inclusive

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

• CVE-2024-22209XBlock custom auth does not respect JWT Scopes
  35Monitor
• CVE-2016-10766edx-platform before 2016-06-06 allows CSRF.
  35Monitor
• CVE-2015-5601edx-platform before 2015-07-20 allows code execution by privileged users because the course import endpoint mishandles .tar.gz files.
  35Monitor
• CVE-2017-18380edx-platform before 2017-08-03 allows attackers to trigger password-reset e-mail messages in which the reset link has an attacker-controlled
  30Monitor
• CVE-2017-18381The installation process in Open edX before 2017-01-10 exposes a MongoDB instance to external connections with default credentials.
  28Monitor
• CVE-2021-39248Open edX through Lilac.1 allows XSS in common/static/common/js/discussion/utils.js via crafted LaTeX content within a discussion.
  24Monitor

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Root cause

The extension requests broader permissions than its function needs and sends the data it collects out for purposes beyond its stated function.

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

1{2  "permissions": ["tabs", "<all_urls>"],3  "background": { "service_worker": "analytics.js" }4}

1{2  "permissions": ["activeTab"],3  "host_permissions": ["https://yildiz.example/*"]4}

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.