CVE-2025-68270

CourseLimitedStaff Role Allows Studio Access

Published Dec 16, 2025 CVSS 3.1 · 9.9 Critical EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The Open edX Platform is a learning management platform. Prior to commit 05d0d0936daf82c476617257aa6c35f0cd4ca060, CourseLimitedStaffRole users are able to access and edit courses in studio if they are granted the role on an org rather than on a course, and CourseLimitedStaffRole users are able to list courses they have the role on in studio even though they are not meant to have any access on the studio side for the course. Commit 05d0d0936daf82c476617257aa6c35f0cd4ca060 fixes the issue.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Openedx
Openedx edx-platform
Vendors & Products Openedx
Openedx edx-platform
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Open edX Platform is a learning management platform. Prior to commit 05d0d0936daf82c476617257aa6c35f0cd4ca060, CourseLimitedStaffRole users are able to access and edit courses in studio if they are granted the role on an org rather than on a course, and CourseLimitedStaffRole users are able to list courses they have the role on in studio even though they are not meant to have any access on the studio side for the course. Commit 05d0d0936daf82c476617257aa6c35f0cd4ca060 fixes the issue.
Title CourseLimitedStaff Role Allows Studio Access
Weaknesses CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L'}

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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Dec 16, 2025, 7:55 PM
Reserved
Dec 16, 2025, 2:05 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Dec 16, 2025, 7:16 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 9:58 AM