What is CVE-2016-10765?

CVE-2016-10765 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Edx Edx-Platform, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2019-07-29.

How severe is CVE-2016-10765?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Edx Edx-Platform

CVE-2016-10765

edx-platform before 2016-06-10 allows account activation with a spoofed e-mail address.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2019-07-29 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (53.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 53rd percentile — 53.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Edx Edx-Platform

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

open.edx.org/announcements/security-alert-account-activation-unverified-email/ (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-10765?: CVE-2016-10765 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Edx Edx-Platform, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2019-07-29.
How severe is CVE-2016-10765?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.