CVE-2026-41243
OpenLearn's pending forum posts remain publicly readable by direct ID when moderation mode is enabled
- Published
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
CISA's decision points: whether it is exploited, whether attacks can be automated, and how much control an attacker gets. Assessed (SSVC 2.0.3).What do these mean? →
- Exploitation: poc
- Automatable: yes
- Technical impact: partial
Summary
OpenLearn is open-source educational forum software. Prior to commit 844b2a40a69d0c4911580fe501923f0b391313ab, when `safeMode` is enabled, unapproved forum posts are hidden from the public list, but the direct post-read procedure still returns the full post to anyone with the post UUID. Commit 844b2a40a69d0c4911580fe501923f0b391313ab fixes the issue.
Timeline
- CVE published
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- siemvk OpenLearn
Version range not reported