PT-2017-7047 · Edx · Edx-Platform

Published 2017-03-13 · Updated 2020-01-07 · CVE-2015-6671

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions edx-platform versions prior to 2015-08-25

Description The issue allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by leveraging access to a database backup, as the database is used for storage of SAML SSO secrets.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2015-08-25, update to a version that does not require the use of the database for storage of SAML SSO secrets to mitigate the risk of sensitive information disclosure.

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-6671

Affected Products

Edx-Platform

References · 3

• https://github.com/edx/edx-platform/pull/9471 · Patch
• https://open.edx.org/CVE-2015-6671 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6671 · Security Note