CVE-2017-18381
The installation process in Open edX before 2017-01-10 exposes a MongoDB instance to external...
The installation process in Open edX before 2017-01-10 exposes a MongoDB instance to external connections with default credentials.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The installation process in Open edX before 2017-01-10 exposes a MongoDB instance to external connections with default credentials.
- Record
CVE-2017-18381- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The installation process in Open edX before 2017-01-10 exposes a MongoDB instance to external connections with default credentials.
- Record
CVE-2017-18381- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-9497 No score
The installation process in Open edX before 2017-01-10 exposes a MongoDB instance to external connections with default credentials.
- Record
EUVD-2017-9497- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5h6g-ggx5-rwfh
The installation process in Open edX before 2017-01-10 exposes a MongoDB instance to external...
The installation process in Open edX before 2017-01-10 exposes a MongoDB instance to external connections with default credentials.
- Record
GHSA-5h6g-ggx5-rwfh- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
The installation process in Open edX before 2017-01-10 exposes a MongoDB instance to external connections with default credentials.
- Record
CVE-2017-18381- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-18381 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.2) in Edx Edx-platform, published July 30, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.17%, the 67th percentile. No source names a fixed version.