# CVE-2025-68270: CourseLimitedStaff Role Allows Studio Access

> Users with CourseLimitedStaffRole can improperly access and edit courses in Studio due to missing authorization checks.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 16 Dec 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rh64-vc2h-7wfj

## What is CVE-2025-68270?

CVE-2025-68270 is a critical missing authorization vulnerability in openedx edx-platform, published on 16 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Open edX Platform is a learning management platform. Prior to commit 05d0d0936daf82c476617257aa6c35f0cd4ca060, CourseLimitedStaffRole users are able to access and edit courses in studio if they are granted the role on an org rather than on a course, and CourseLimitedStaffRole users are able to list courses they have the role on in studio even though they are not meant to have any access on the studio side for the course. Commit 05d0d0936daf82c476617257aa6c35f0cd4ca060 fixes the issue.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-68270?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-68270?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-68270 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-68270 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-68270 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-68270 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-68270 is a critical missing authorization vulnerability in openedx edx-platform, published on 16 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-68270 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: openedx edx-platform. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-68270/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-68270/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68270
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68270
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-68270

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-68270/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.