Missing authorization in PlayEdu exposes department-restricted courses
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-639.
Summary
PlayEdu through 2.3 contains a missing authorization flaw in its CourseController (CWE-639). The course endpoints omit the department visibility check, so authenticated students can open courses restricted to other departments. A remote attacker with a student account can enumerate sequential course and attachment IDs to obtain course structure and attachment files from other departments.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for PlayEdu.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Timeline
- 2026-10-16 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-111603
- 2026-10-16 Alias added: GHSA-c9xv-j5wf-2g29
- 2026-10-23 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-23 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-111603 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-111603 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-c9xv-j5wf-2g29 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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