Open edX Platform: Insufficient Permission on set_course_mode_price()

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-53635
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerGitHub_M
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-09-02 17:17:45 UTC
Updated2026-09-09 21:04:42 UTC
DescriptionOpen edX Platform enables the authoring and delivery of online learning at any scale. Prior to commit 59bb6d6, the view function set_course_mode_price() at lms/djangoapps/instructor/views/instructor_dashboard.py:430 is decorated only with @login_required and performs no course-level permission check. Any authenticated user — including a learner account with zero course roles — can issue a single POST request to overwrite the honor mode price and currency of any course on the platform. The companion frontend modal was removed in a prior cleanup, but the URL route and view remain live, making this an unguarded orphan endpoint. This issue has been patched via commit 59bb6d6.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.6 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L

EPSS: 0.002220000 probability, percentile 0.127910000 (date 2026-09-10)

Problem Types: CWE-862 | CWE-862 CWE-862: Missing Authorization

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary7.6HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
3.1CNADECLARED7.6HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
High
Availability
Low

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Openedx Openedx-platform affected < 59bb6d669e4fdc24d96afb809e12119372d9e257 Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
github.com/openedx/openedx-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-rqq6-w4pv-7pjv 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 github.com
github.com/openedx/openedx-platform/commit/fd93ef5f9940f4ad6f50cf7faecad... [email protected] github.com
github.com/openedx/openedx-platform/commit/f25bbc4d52bd827c8f04c73de427e... [email protected] github.com
github.com/openedx/openedx-platform/commit/59bb6d669e4fdc24d96afb809e121... [email protected] github.com
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