Unauthorized course access via direct URL requests
Published Oct 5, 2025 · Updated Oct 7, 2025
Improper access control in Frappe Learning 2.35.0 allows remote attackers to access unpublished courses through direct URLs. The /courses/ handler hides unpublished courses from listings but serves their pages without enforcing the Published flag. Unauthenticated requests expose course metadata; LMS Student access exposes full content and permits assignment submission.
Summary
What happened
Improper access control in Frappe Learning 2.35.0 allows remote attackers to access unpublished courses through direct URLs. The /courses/ handler hides unpublished courses from listings but serves their pages without enforcing the Published flag. Unauthenticated requests expose course metadata; LMS Student access exposes full content and permits assignment submission.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-11281
- Published
- Oct 5, 2025
- Updated
- Oct 7, 2025
- Vendor
- Frappe Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
- Product
- Frappe Learning
- Classifications
- CWE-266, CWE-284, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 5, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Oct 7, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=2.35.0
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Attacks
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- Direct URL access to an unpublished courseproof of concept · demonstrated
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