Chamilo LMS open answer grading lets users grade others' exams
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
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-639.
Summary
Chamilo LMS from 2.0.0-alpha.4 before 2.0.0-RC.3 has a missing authorization check (CWE-639) in AiController::openAnswerGrade. Any authenticated user can obtain AI grading of other students' exam attempts by supplying exeId and questionId values, exposing their answers through feedback and consuming AI quota.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
Chamilo LMS from 2.0.0-alpha.4 before 2.0.0-RC.3 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in AiController::openAnswerGrade that allows any authenticated user to obtain AI grading of other students' exam attempts. Attackers can enumerate exeId and questionId values sent to the open_answer_grade endpoint to expose other students' answers through feedback and consume AI quota.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- 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
Upgrade chamilo-lms to 2.0.0-RC.3, which fixes the flaw.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
- Fix · CNA chamilo-lms (chamilo) Fixed in 2.0.0-RC.3
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
chamilo-lms 2.0.0-RC.3
3 records Highest priority Priority LOW 3 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-78771 Missing authorization in Chamilo LMS AJAX handlers exposes learner dataPriority LOW 36
- TI-2026-78769 Chamilo LMS missing authorization lets attackers change course certificatesPriority LOW 36
Timeline
- 2026-10-21 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-114389
- 2026-10-21 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-21 Alias added: GHSA-f6m7-pgw8-2v88
References
More chamilo vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-17452 A command injection vulnerability in the wsConvertPpt component of Chamilo v1.11.* up to… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-03150 Chamilo LMS Unauthenticated Command Injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-32070 Chamilo: Evaluation of untrusted user input leads to Remote Code Execution CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-32081 Deserialization of untrusted data in chamilo-lms CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-32140 Chamilo: Post-Auth Remote Code Execution CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2023-03907 Chamilo LMS Unauthenticated Big Upload File Remote Code Execution CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
Sources
- CVE-2026-114389 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-114389 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-f6m7-pgw8-2v88 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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