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CVE-2017-18380

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-07-30 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-284

Description

edx-platform before 2017-08-03 allows attackers to trigger password-reset e-mail messages in which the reset link has an attacker-controlled domain name.

Affected products

• openedx edx-platform: before 2017-08-03 — fixed in 2017-08-03

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: openedx edx-platform 2017-08-03. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/edx/edx-platform/pull/15773
• https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/openedx-announce/QTvijt48bAY
• https://github.com/edx/edx-platform/pull/15773
• https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/openedx-announce/QTvijt48bAY

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