PT-2019-7197 · Edx · Edx-Platform

Published 2019-07-29 · Updated 2020-01-07 · CVE-2015-5601

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions edx-platform versions prior to 2015-07-20

Description The issue allows code execution by privileged users due to the course import endpoint mishandling .tar.gz files. This affects the course import endpoint, which is vulnerable to code execution.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2015-07-20, update to a version released after 2015-07-20 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the course import endpoint until a patch is available.

Fix

Unrestricted File Upload

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-434

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-5601

Affected Products

Edx-Platform

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5601 · Security Note
• https://open.edx.org/announcements/CVE-2015-5601 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/5779 · Telegram Post