Where
-Infinity
0
Severity
6.1
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

Open edX Platform enables the authoring and delivery of online learning at any scale. The viewsurvey endpoint accepts a redirecturl GET parameter that is passed directly to HttpResponseRedirect() without any URL validation. When a non-existent survey name is provided, the server issues an immediate HTTP 302 redirect to the attacker-controlled URL. Additionally, the same unvalidated URL is embedded in a hidden form field and returned in a JSON response after form submission, where client-side JavaScript performs location.href = url. This enables phishing and credential theft attacks against authenticated Open edX users. This vulnerability is fixed with commit 76462f1e5fa9b37d2621ad7ad19514b403908970.

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Severity
5.4
XSS
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Open edX Platform enables the authoring and delivery of online learning at any scale. The HTML sanitizer cleanthreadhtmlbody() used for discussion notification emails fails to remove <style> tags from user-generated discussion post content. This content is rendered with Django's |safe template filter in email notification templates, allowing any enrolled student to inject arbitrary CSS into email notifications sent to other users. This enables email tracking (IP address disclosure), content spoofing, and phishing attacks. This vulnerability is fixed with commit cddc25cd791bb78f76833896e4778f668861df12.

First published (updated )
Severity
9.9
SSRF
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

Open edX Platform enables the authoring and delivery of online learning at any scale. The syncproviderdata endpoint in SAMLProviderDataViewSet allows authenticated Enterprise Admin users to supply an arbitrary URL via the metadataurl POST parameter. This URL is passed directly to requests.get() in fetchmetadataxml() without any URL validation, IP filtering, or scheme enforcement. An attacker with Enterprise Admin privileges can force the server to make HTTP requests to internal network services, cloud metadata endpoints (e.g., AWS 169.254.169.254), or other attacker-controlled destinations. This vulnerability is fixed by commit 6fda1f120ff5a590d120ae1180185525f399c6d0 and 70a56246dd9c9df57c596e64bdd8a11b1d9da054.

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