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TI-2015-01949 Aliases CVE-2015-2186GHSA-hxqf-qqgc-653f

The Ansible edxapp role in the Configuration Repo in edX allows remote websites to spoof…

Priority LOW 35CWE-20Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · High · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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 CORS_ORIGIN_ALLOW_ALL setting. Note: this vulnerability was fixed on 2015-03-06, but the version number was not changed.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0111 66th 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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:edx:configuration:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 1.0VulnerableEdx
cpe:2.3:a:edx:edx-platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 1.6.0VulnerableEdx
  • cpe:2.3:a:edx:configuration:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.0 Vulnerable ·Edx
  • cpe:2.3:a:edx:edx-platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.6.0 Vulnerable ·Edx

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-2186
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hxqf-qqgc-653f

References

Patch 1

Advisory 1

Sources

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