XBlock custom auth does not respect JWT Scopes
13Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 6.4epss 0.6%
exploitation probability
0.6%top 54% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
Open edX Platform is a service-oriented platform for authoring and delivering online learning. A user with a JWT and more limited scopes could call endpoints exceeding their access. This vulnerability has been patched in commit 019888f.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Affected products
openedx · edx-platformReferences
https://github.com/openedx/edx-platform/blob/0b3e4d73b6fb6f41ae87cf2b77bca12052ee1ac8/lms/djangoapps/courseware/block_render.py#L752-L775https://github.com/openedx/edx-platform/commit/019888f3d15beaebcb7782934f6c43b0c2b3735ehttps://github.com/openedx/edx-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-qx8m-mqx3-j9fm