PT-2019-10286 · Edx · Edx-Platform

Published 2019-07-30 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2018-20859

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: edx-platform versions prior to 2018-07-18

Description: The issue allows for XSS via a response to a Chemical Equation advanced problem.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 2018-07-18, update to a version released after 2018-07-18 to resolve the issue.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-20859

Affected Products

Edx-Platform

References · 5

• https://github.com/edx/edx-platform/commit/5b144559fbdba7ff673cc1c165aa2d343e07b6bd.patch · Patch
• https://patch-diff.githubusercontent.com/raw/edx/edx-platform/pull/18639.patch · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20859 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-20859 · Vendor Advisory
• https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/openedx-announce/wsm5mtUhhME · Note