Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-2018-15631 lets a logged-in user abuse Odoo's Discuss App to email themselves files stored in the database. The main business risk is confidential data exposure, not system takeover or outage. It affects Odoo Community and Enterprise 12.0 and earlier, based on the provided CVE description.
Executive priority
Treat this as a moderate-priority confidentiality issue. It requires attention where Odoo stores sensitive files or has broad user access, but the provided evidence does not support emergency active-exploitation handling.
Technical view
The issue is improper access control in Odoo Discuss App. A remote authenticated attacker with low privileges can use a crafted RPC request to cause arbitrary database files to be emailed to themselves. CVSS 3.0 is 6.5, with high confidentiality impact and no integrity or availability impact stated.
Likely exposure
Organizations running Odoo Community or Enterprise 12.0 or earlier with authenticated user access to Discuss are the likely exposure group. The sources do not identify specific configurations, patches, or unsupported subversions beyond 12.0 and earlier.
Exploitation context
The CVE describes remote authenticated exploitation and low attack complexity. CISA KEV status is false in the supplied data, and no provided source states active exploitation in the wild. Evidence is limited to the CVE record and linked advisories/issues.
Researcher notes
The key constraint is authenticated access. Focus assessment on version confirmation, Discuss App availability, file confidentiality impact, and mail/RPC telemetry. The supplied sources do not provide patch details, exploit prevalence, or complete affected-version granularity.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory Odoo Community and Enterprise instances and identify versions 12.0 or earlier.
- Check Odoo and referenced advisory guidance for fixed versions or vendor-supported remediation.
- Restrict Odoo access to trusted authenticated users until remediation is confirmed.
- Review Discuss App exposure and disable unnecessary access where business permits.
- Monitor mail activity for unexpected file delivery from Odoo.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether affected Odoo versions are present in production or internet-accessible environments.
- Verify whether the Discuss App is enabled and reachable by low-privileged users.
- Review Odoo mail and RPC logs for unusual file-to-email behavior.
- Confirm remediation status against Odoo vendor guidance, not assumptions.
- Document any compensating access controls around authenticated Odoo users.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 6.5 (3.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N2.83.6Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.0 score
6.5MediumVector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://www.excellium-services.com/cert-xlm-advisory/cve-2018-15631/CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/odoo/odoo/issues/32516CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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CWE details
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Improper Access Control
Improper Access Control represents a recurring weakness pattern that can create exploitable paths when design, validation, or implementation controls are missing.