CVE-2026-111603PlayEdu through 2.3 Missing Authorization via Student CourseController Endpoints
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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.
- CVSS
- 4.3 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-639
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- VulnCheck
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Oct 16, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 16, 2026
Affected products
PlayEdu PlayEdu playedu:playedu (from the name) | through 2.3 | CNA record |
References
- https://hackmd.io/@hieuPenguinnn/playedu-course-attachment-cross-department-authzthird-party-advisory
- https://github.com/PlayEdu/PlayEdu/blob/2.3/playedu-api/playedu-api/src/main/java/xyz/playedu/api/controller/frontend/CourseController.java#L57-L132technical-description
- https://github.com/PlayEdu/PlayEduproduct
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/playedu-through-2.3-missing-authorization-via-student-coursecontroller-endpointsthird-party-advisory
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