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Open edX Platform is a service-oriented platform for authoring and delivering online learning. A user with a JWT and more limited scopes could call endpoints exceeding their access. This vulnerability has been patched in commit 019888f.
Open edX platform before 2022-06-06 allows XSS via the "next" parameter in the logout URL.
Open edX through Lilac.1 allows XSS in common/static/common/js/discussion/utils.js via crafted LaTeX content within a discussion.
Studio in Open edX Ironwood 2.5 allows users to upload SVG files via the "Content>File Uploads" screen. These files can contain JavaScript code and thus lead to Stored XSS.
Studio in Open edX Ironwood 2.5 allows CSV injection because an added cohort in Course>Instructor>Cohorts may contain a formula that is exported via the "Course>Data Downloads>Reports>Download profile info" feature.
Studio in Open edX Ironwood 2.5, when CodeJail is not used, allows a user to go to the "Create New course>New section>New subsection>New unit>Add new component>Problem button>Advanced tab>Custom Python evaluated code" screen, edit the problem, and execute Python code. This leads to arbitrary code execution.
Open edX Ironwood.1 allows support/certificates?user= reflected XSS.
Recommender before 1.3.1 allows XSS. It is possible for a learner to craft a fake resource to recommender, that includes script which could possibly steal credentials from staff if they are lured into viewing the recommended resource.
edx-platform before 2018-07-18 allows XSS via a response to a Chemical Equation advanced problem.
The installation process in Open edX before 2017-01-10 exposes a MongoDB instance to external connections with default credentials.
edx-platform before 2017-08-03 allows attackers to trigger password-reset e-mail messages in which the reset link has an attacker-controlled domain name.
edx-platform before 2016-06-06 allows CSRF.
edx-platform before 2016-06-10 allows account activation with a spoofed e-mail address.
edx-platform before 2015-07-20 allows code execution by privileged users because the course import endpoint mishandles .tar.gz files.
edx-platform before 2015-08-17 allows XSS in the Studio listing of courses.
edx-platform before 2015-09-17 allows XSS via a team name.
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 CORSORIGINALLOWALL setting. Note: this vulnerability was fixed on 2015-03-06, but the version number was not changed.
Open edX edx-platform before 2015-08-25 requires use of the database for storage of SAML SSO secrets, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by leveraging access to a database backup.
lms/templates/footer-edx-new.html in Open edX edx-platform before 2015-01-29 does not properly restrict links on the password-reset page, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to discover password-reset tokens by reading a referer log after a victim navigates from this page to a social-sharing site.