CVE-2024-22209: XBlock custom auth does not respect JWT Scopes

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2024-01-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-284

Description

Open edX Platform is a service-oriented platform for authoring and delivering online learning. A user with a JWT and more limited scopes could call endpoints exceeding their access. This vulnerability has been patched in commit 019888f.

Affected products

openedx edx-platform: before 2024-01-12 — fixed in 2024-01-12

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: openedx edx-platform 2024-01-12. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/openedx/edx-platform/blob/0b3e4d73b6fb6f41ae87cf2b77bca12052ee1ac8/lms/djangoapps/courseware/block_render.py#L752-L775
https://github.com/openedx/edx-platform/commit/019888f3d15beaebcb7782934f6c43b0c2b3735e
https://github.com/openedx/edx-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-qx8m-mqx3-j9fm
https://github.com/openedx/edx-platform/blob/0b3e4d73b6fb6f41ae87cf2b77bca12052ee1ac8/lms/djangoapps/courseware/block_render.py#L752-L775
https://github.com/openedx/edx-platform/commit/019888f3d15beaebcb7782934f6c43b0c2b3735e
https://github.com/openedx/edx-platform/security/advisories/GHSA-qx8m-mqx3-j9fm

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