edx-platform before 2016-06-10 allows account activation with a spoofed e-mail address.
Priority LOW 25CWE-20Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
edx-platform before 2016-06-10 allows account activation with a spoofed e-mail address.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.0076 55th 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
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-10765
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j8c9-g3mj-8r24
References
More Edx-platform vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-14802 XBlock custom auth does not respect JWT Scopes CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2015-04720 edx-platform before 2015-07-20 allows code execution by privileged users because the… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2016-08804 edx-platform before 2016-06-06 allows CSRF. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2017-13553 edx-platform before 2017-08-03 allows attackers to trigger password-reset e-mail messages… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2015-01949 The Ansible edxapp role in the Configuration Repo in edX allows remote websites to spoof… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2017-13554 The installation process in Open edX before 2017-01-10 exposes a MongoDB instance to… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
Sources
- CVE-2016-10765 · CVE Program
- CVE-2016-10765 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-j8c9-g3mj-8r24 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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