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CVE-2015-2186 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://github.com/edx/configuration/pull/1885/files	CVE	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://open.edx.org/CVE-2015-2186	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/edx/configuration/pull/1885/files	[email protected]	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://open.edx.org/CVE-2015-2186	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-20	Improper Input Validation	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
edx configuration	<= 1.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:edx:configuration:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
edx edx-platform	<= 1.6.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:edx:edx-platform:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

4 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 2, 2018	Initial Analysis	[email protected]