Description
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.
Published: 2016-03-19
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-2384 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.
History

Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.0076}

epss

{'score': 0.00336}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T05:10:16.168Z

Reserved: 2015-03-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-2286

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-03-19T10:59:00.283

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-2286

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses