TI-2015-00887 Aliases CVE-2015-0972 GHSA-c3gx-j29w-p5pp

Pearson ProctorCache before 2015.1.17 uses the same hardcoded password across different…

LOW 26CWE-255Published 2015-06-23 · Updated 2024-08-06

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Partial · None · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Pearson ProctorCache before 2015.1.17 uses the same hardcoded password across different customers' installations, which allows remote attackers to modify test metadata or cause a denial of service (test disruption) by leveraging knowledge of this password.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01333 71st percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:pearson:proctorcache::::::::	up to 2015.1.16	Vulnerable	Pearson

cpe:2.3:a:pearson:proctorcache:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2015.1.16 Vulnerable ·Pearson

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-0972
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c3gx-j29w-p5pp

References

Advisory 1

VU#626420

Sources

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