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.

XBlock custom auth does not respect JWT Scopes

Open edX Platform is a service-oriented platform for authoring and delivering online learning. A user with a JWT and more limited scopes could call endpoints exceeding their access. This vulnerability has been patched in commit 019888f.

Open edX through Lilac.1 allows XSS in common/static/common/js/discussion/utils.js via crafted LaTeX content within a discussion.

edx-platform before 2018-07-18 allows XSS via a response to a Chemical Equation advanced problem.

The installation process in Open edX before 2017-01-10 exposes a MongoDB instance to external connections with default credentials.

edx-platform before 2017-08-03 allows attackers to trigger password-reset e-mail messages in which the reset link has an attacker-controlled domain name.

edx-platform before 2016-06-06 allows CSRF.

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

edx-platform before 2015-09-17 allows XSS via a team name.

edx-platform before 2015-08-17 allows XSS in the Studio listing of courses.

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

The Ansible edxapp role in the Configuration Repo in edX allows remote websites to spoof edX accounts by leveraging use of the string literal "False" instead of a boolean False for the CORS_ORIGIN_ALLOW_ALL setting. Note: this vulnerability was fixed on 2015-03-06, but the version number was not changed.