How broadly exploitable is this vulnerability?

The issue can typically be exploited by any authenticated user who can guess or obtain identifiers for other students' submissions. It does not require elevated roles; a basic student account may be enough if the routes lack ownership checks.

Does an attacker need administrative access to exploit this?

No. The flaw is in missing object-level authorization, so a regular authenticated user account is usually sufficient, provided the attacker can manipulate request parameters to reference other users' resources.

What is the safest general fix pattern for this issue?

Introduce a consistent authorization layer that verifies ownership and roles for every submission-related operation. Route handlers should derive the acting user from the authenticated context and confirm that the targeted submission belongs to that user or that their role explicitly permits cross-user access.

Severity:

CRITICAL RISK

(9.1)

Missing Authorization (CWE-862) in PlaciPy Student Submission Routes

CVE-2026-25810

Published:

Feb 9, 2026

Status:

Analyzed

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

NDV

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Vulnerability Type

Category:

Missing Authorization / Access Control

CWE:

CWE-862

Impact:

Horizontal Privilege Escalation and Data Exposure

Severity:

CRITICAL RISK

(9.1)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Missing Authorization / Access Control

CWE:

CWE-862

Impact:

Horizontal Privilege Escalation and Data Exposure

Severity:

CRITICAL RISK

(9.1)

CVSS Version:

3.1

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Missing Authorization (CWE-862) in PlaciPy Student Submission Routes

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

Recent Vulnerabilities

CRITICAL RISK

CRITICAL

(9.8)

Missing Authentication for Forgot-Password Email Change API (CWE-306)

HIGH RISK

HIGH

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Vulnerability Type

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