CVE-2026-53635
Open edX Platform: Insufficient Permission on set_course_mode_price()
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
Description
Open 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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | High7.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.40% · top 66% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.6.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected < 59bb6d669e4fdc24d96afb809e12119372d9e257
References (4)
- https://github.com/openedx/openedx-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-rqq6-w4pv-7pjv (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMexploit
- https://github.com/openedx/openedx-platform/commit/59bb6d669e4fdc24d96afb809e12119372d9e257 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/openedx/openedx-platform/commit/f25bbc4d52bd827c8f04c73de427e2e16a144c73 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/openedx/openedx-platform/commit/fd93ef5f9940f4ad6f50cf7faecad8d9cf2d3336 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Badge for a README or a ticket
[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2026-53635)Record last updated .