CVE-2020-13144 — Studio in Open edX Ironwood 2

Studio in Open edX Ironwood 2.5, when CodeJail is not used, allows a user to go to the "Create New course>New section>New subsection>New unit>Add new component>Problem button>Advanced tab>Custom Python evaluated code" screen, edit the problem, and e

01What is this vulnerability?

Studio in Open edX Ironwood 2.5, when CodeJail is not used, allows a user to go to the "Create New course>New section>New subsection>New unit>Add new component>Problem button>Advanced tab>Custom Python evaluated code" screen, edit the problem, and execute Python code. This leads to arbitrary code execution.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2020-05-18T18:23:55.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T12:11:19.222Z

09References

• stark0de.com — https://stark0de.com/2020/05/17/openedx-vulnerabilities.html
• edx.readthedocs.io — https://edx.readthedocs.io/projects/edx-developer-guide/en/latest/architecture.h…
• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157785/OpenEDX-Ironwood-2.5-Remote-Code-Exe…