CVE-2026-85210
Oppia through 3.5.2 Missing Authorization on AdminRoleHandler GET
Oppia's AdminRoleHandler GET endpoint in core/controllers/admin.py is decorated with open_access, allowing any registered user to enumerate privileged accounts and roles. Attackers can query the endpoint with filter_criterion parameters to retrieve usernames holding specific roles, banned flags, and managed topic identifiers without authorization.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Oppia through 3.5.2 Missing Authorization on AdminRoleHandler GET
Oppia's AdminRoleHandler GET endpoint in core/controllers/admin.py is decorated with open_access, allowing any registered user to enumerate privileged accounts and roles. Attackers can query the endpoint with filter_criterion parameters to retrieve usernames holding specific roles, banned flags, and managed topic identifiers without authorization.
- Record
CVE-2026-85210- CVSS 4.0
- 5.3 Medium
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 - CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-70488
Oppia's AdminRoleHandler GET endpoint in core/controllers/admin.py is decorated with open_access, allowing any registered user to enumerate privileged accounts and roles. Attackers can query the endpoint with filter_criterion parameters to retrieve usernames holding specific roles, banned flags, and managed topic identifiers without authorization.
- Record
EUVD-2026-70488- CVSS 4.0
- 5.3 Medium
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 - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3pm4-cw53-2cg9
Oppia's AdminRoleHandler GET endpoint in core/controllers/admin.py is decorated with open_access,...
Oppia's AdminRoleHandler GET endpoint in core/controllers/admin.py is decorated with open_access, allowing any registered user to enumerate privileged accounts and roles. Attackers can query the endpoint with filter_criterion parameters to retrieve usernames holding specific roles, banned flags, and managed topic identifiers without authorization.
- Record
GHSA-3pm4-cw53-2cg9- CVSS 4.0
- 5.3 Medium
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 - CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Oppia's AdminRoleHandler GET endpoint in core/controllers/admin.py is decorated with open_access, allowing any registered user to enumerate privileged accounts and roles. Attackers can query the endpoint with filter_criterion parameters to retrieve usernames holding specific roles, banned flags, and managed topic identifiers without authorization.
- Record
CVE-2026-85210- CVSS 4.0
- 5.3 Medium
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 - CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Oppia through 3.5.2 Missing Authorization on AdminRoleHandler GET
Oppia's AdminRoleHandler GET endpoint in core/controllers/admin.py is decorated with open_access, allowing any registered user to enumerate privileged accounts and roles. Attackers can query the endpoint with filter_criterion parameters to retrieve usernames holding specific roles, banned flags, and managed topic identifiers without authorization.
- Record
CVE-2026-85210- CVSS 4.0
- 5.3 Medium
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 - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-85210 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Oppia, published September 3, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.34%, the 27th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
github.com/oppia/oppia/issues/26652
vulncheck.com/advisories/oppia-through-3.5.2-missing-authorization-on-adminrolehandler-get
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85210