CVE-2026-111603 json
PlayEdu through 2.3 Missing Authorization via Student CourseController Endpoints
published 24d ago modified 17d ago also EUVD-2026-103025
- cvss
- 4.3
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 24%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
PlayEdu through 2.3 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the CourseController that allows authenticated students to access department-restricted courses by omitting the department visibility check. Attackers can enumerate sequential course and attachment IDs via the course details and attachment download endpoints to obtain course structure and attachment files from other departments.
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Check with FencerCISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- Proof of concept is public
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 17d ago
Exploit prediction
0.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 24% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
Exploits and checks
- hackmd.io https://hackmd.io/@hieuPenguinnn/playedu-course-attachment-cross-department-authz referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 4.0 | 5.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| CNA | 3.1 | 4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| CNA | 4.0 | 5.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
Affected products
- PlayEdu PlayEdu
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
References
-
hackmd.io
/@hieuPenguinnn/playedu-course-attachment-cross-department-authz
third-party-advisory, exploit
-
github.com
/PlayEdu/PlayEdu/blob/2.3/playedu-api/playedu-api/src/main/java/xyz/playedu/api/controller/frontend/CourseCont
technical-description
-
github.com
/PlayEdu/PlayEdu
product
-
vulncheck.com
/advisories/playedu-through-2.3-missing-authorization-via-student-coursecontroller-endpoints
third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-111603
- NVD CVE-2026-111603
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