CVE-2015-2286
MEDIUMOpen edX < 2015-01-27 - Exposure of Sensitive Information via Password-Reset Referer Log
Title source: llmDescription
lms/templates/footer-edx-new.html in Open edX edx-platform before 2015-01-29 does not properly restrict links on the password-reset page, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to discover password-reset tokens by reading a referer log after a victim navigates from this page to a social-sharing site.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/edx/edx-platform/commit/a1ffcc52594b1e7240501aab0ea145f1da3edb5a
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://open.edx.org/CVE-2015-2286
Scores
CVSS v3
6.5
EPSS
0.0205
EPSS Percentile
78.9%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-200
Status
published
Products (1)
edx/open_edx
< 2015-01-27
Published
Mar 19, 2016
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026