Vulnerability in Ellucian Banner Student

CVE-2015-4689

Ellucian (formerly SunGard) Banner Student 8.5.1.2 through 8.7 allows remote attackers to reset arbitrary passwords via unspecified vectors, aka "Weak Password Reset."

EPSS: 0.023 (81.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

  • cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
  • cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-4689?
CVE-2015-4689 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ellucian Banner Student, classified under Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-09-11.
How severe is CVE-2015-4689?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2015-4689 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.