What is CVE-2015-6671?

CVE-2015-6671 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Edx Edx-Platform, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2017-03-13.

How severe is CVE-2015-6671?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Edx Edx-Platform

CVE-2015-6671

Open edX edx-platform before 2015-08-25 requires use of the database for storage of SAML SSO secrets, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by leveraging access to a database backup.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.009 (55.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Edx Edx-platform
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-6671?: CVE-2015-6671 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Edx Edx-Platform, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2017-03-13.
How severe is CVE-2015-6671?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.