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CVE-2020-13144

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 11.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-05-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-94

Description

Studio in Open edX Ironwood 2.5, when CodeJail is not used, allows a user to go to the "Create New course>New section>New subsection>New unit>Add new component>Problem button>Advanced tab>Custom Python evaluated code" screen, edit the problem, and execute Python code. This leads to arbitrary code execution.

Affected products

• Edx Open Edx Platform: 2.5

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157785/OpenEDX-Ironwood-2.5-Remote-Code-Execution.html
• https://edx.readthedocs.io/projects/edx-developer-guide/en/latest/architecture.html
• https://stark0de.com/2020/05/17/openedx-vulnerabilities.html
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157785/OpenEDX-Ironwood-2.5-Remote-Code-Execution.html
• https://edx.readthedocs.io/projects/edx-developer-guide/en/latest/architecture.html
• https://stark0de.com/2020/05/17/openedx-vulnerabilities.html

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