Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 19, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2015-2286

Description

lms/templates/footer-edx-new.html in Open edX edx-platform before 2015-01-29 does not properly restrict links on the password-reset page, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to discover password-reset tokens by reading a referer log after a victim navigates from this page to a social-sharing site.

Affected products

Edx/Open Edx
cpe:2.3:a:edx:open_edx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=2015-01-27

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

open.edx.org/CVE-2015-2286nvdVendor Advisory
github.com/edx/edx-platform/commit/a1ffcc52594b1e7240501aab0ea145f1da3edb5anvd

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