---
id: CVE-2026-53635
title: >-
  Open edX Platform enables the authoring and delivery of online learning at any
  scale
summary: >-
  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
  wit…
severity: high
cvss: 7.6
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L'
cwe:
  - CWE-862
published: '2026-09-02'
updated: '2026-09-09'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-09T21:04:42.813'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53635'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/openedx/openedx-platform/commit/59bb6d669e4fdc24d96afb809e12119372d9e257
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/openedx/openedx-platform/commit/f25bbc4d52bd827c8f04c73de427e2e16a144c73
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/openedx/openedx-platform/commit/fd93ef5f9940f4ad6f50cf7faecad8d9cf2d3336
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/openedx/openedx-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-rqq6-w4pv-7pjv
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/openedx/openedx-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-rqq6-w4pv-7pjv
    label: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00222
epssPercentile: 0.1311
ingestedAt: '2026-09-09T21:22:45.563Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.