# CVE-2026-54677: Erudika Scoold privilege escalation in private spaces

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-54677-erudika-scoold-privilege-escalation-in-private-spaces  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-09-17. Updated: 2026-09-26  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2026-54677 · Severity: medium · CVSS 6.5 · Published 2026-09-17

Scoold is a team knowledge-sharing and Q&A platform. Authenticated users can bypass access controls on private spaces to add replies and comments to discussions they cannot normally read or access. This allows unauthorized users to modify private conversations, send unwanted notifications, and potentially disrupt team communications or reveal sensitive discussion metadata.

Technologies: [Erudika Scoold](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/scoold). Vendors: [Erudika](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/erudika).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2026-54677 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-54677 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-54677?** Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 6.5, published 17 September 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Erudika Scoold before 1.69.0.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2026-54677?** A patch was published on 2026-06-12: Fixed in version 1.69.0 Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**How is CVE-2026-54677 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in a web application.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-54677?** Check whether you run Erudika Scoold at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Technical details

This is a privilege escalation vulnerability caused by missing authorization checks in the reply and comment creation endpoints. The QuestionController.reply() and CommentController.createAjax() methods fail to apply the canAccessSpace authorization check used by the question read path. An authenticated user with knowledge of a question identifier can send POST requests to /question/{id} or /comment to create content in private spaces they are not members of. Attack requires valid session credentials and a known or enumerable question ID; no network restrictions apply. The issue is fixed in version 1.69.0 via commit 6976afb which adds space membership checks to multiple code paths.

## Affected products

- Erudika Scoold before 1.69.0

## Timeline

- 2026-09-17: disclosed
- 2026-06-12: patched: Fixed in version 1.69.0

## References

- [https://github.com/Erudika/scoold/commit/6976afb931d025cf0a35b11d6dff4f699dc87981](https://github.com/Erudika/scoold/commit/6976afb931d025cf0a35b11d6dff4f699dc87981)
- [https://github.com/Erudika/scoold/releases/tag/1.69.0](https://github.com/Erudika/scoold/releases/tag/1.69.0)

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