# CVE-2015-2186: The Ansible edxapp role in the Configuration Repo in edX allows remote websites to spoof edX accounts by leveraging use of the string litera

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-02-03 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

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## References

- https://open.edx.org/CVE-2015-2186
- https://github.com/edx/configuration/pull/1885/files

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