CVE-2020-13144: Edx Open Edx Platform

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Edx Open Edx Platform: version 2.5 only

Published 2020-05-18. Last modified 2026-06-17.