CVE-2015-4689 is a critical vulnerability affecting Ellucian Banner Student versions 8.5.1.2 through 8.7, allowing remote attackers to reset arbitrary user passwords due to a "Weak Password Reset" mechanism. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, posing a high risk of unauthorized access, data compromise, and system disruption. Despite its severity, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.5.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ellucian:banner_student:8.5.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ellucian:banner_student:8.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ellucian:banner_student:8.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ellucian:banner_student:8.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.6.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ellucian:banner_student:8.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.