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The companion frontend modal was removed in a prior cleanup, but the URL route and view remain live, making this an unguarded orphan endpoint. This issue has been patched via commit 59bb6d6.","status":"published","published":"2026-09-02T17:17:45.77Z","modified":"2026-09-09T21:04:42.813Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.6,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-862"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:12:43.399612Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2026-53635","title":"Open edX Platform: Insufficient Permission on set_course_mode_price()","description":"Open edX Platform enables the authoring and delivery of online learning at any scale. Prior to commit 59bb6d6, the view function set_course_mode_price() at lms/djangoapps/instructor/views/instructor_dashboard.py:430 is decorated only with @login_required and performs no course-level permission check. Any authenticated user — including a learner account with zero course roles — can issue a single POST request to overwrite the honor mode price and currency of any course on the platform. The companion frontend modal was removed in a prior cleanup, but the URL route and view remain live, making this an unguarded orphan endpoint. This issue has been patched via commit 59bb6d6.","status":"published","published":"2026-09-02T16:53:36.102Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:41.0232009Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.6,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-862"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:45:08.132336Z"}]}}