What is CVE-2015-5601?

CVE-2015-5601 is a high-severity vulnerability in Edx Edx-Platform, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-07-29.

How severe is CVE-2015-5601?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Arbitrary file upload in Edx Edx-Platform

CVE-2015-5601

edx-platform before 2015-07-20 allows code execution by privileged users because the course import endpoint mishandles .tar.gz files.

Vulnerability class: Unrestricted File Upload

EPSS: 0.015 (71.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Edx Edx-platform
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-5601?: CVE-2015-5601 is a high-severity vulnerability in Edx Edx-Platform, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-07-29.
How severe is CVE-2015-5601?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.