CVE-2015-2186

HIGH

edx/configuration - Account Spoofing via CORS_ORIGIN_ALLOW_ALL String Literal Misconfiguration

Title source: llm

Description

The Ansible edxapp role in the Configuration Repo in edX allows remote websites to spoof edX accounts by leveraging use of the string literal "False" instead of a boolean False for the CORS_ORIGIN_ALLOW_ALL setting. Note: this vulnerability was fixed on 2015-03-06, but the version number was not changed.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://open.edx.org/CVE-2015-2186

Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://github.com/edx/configuration/pull/1885/files

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.0113

EPSS Percentile 62.5%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE

CWE-20

Status published

Products (2)

edx/configuration < 1.0

edx/edx-platform < 1.6.0

Published Feb 03, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026