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CVE-2015-0972

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2015-06-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-255

Description

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.

Affected products

• Pearson Proctorcache: through 2015.1.16

References

• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/626420
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/626420

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