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CVE-2017-18381

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-07-30 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The installation process in Open edX before 2017-01-10 exposes a MongoDB instance to external connections with default credentials.

Affected products

• openedx edx-platform: before 2017-01-10 — fixed in 2017-01-10

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: openedx edx-platform 2017-01-10. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/openedx-announce/jRXyo1HJzNk
• https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/openedx-announce/mpyyx34LWSY
• https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/openedx-announce/jRXyo1HJzNk
• https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/openedx-announce/mpyyx34LWSY

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