Academy LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin for Complete eLearning Solution: Privilege escalation or authentication bypass
Academy LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin for Complete eLearning Solution is affected by privilege escalation or authentication bypass. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. A successful request can grant permissions or access that the caller should not possess.
- Component
- Academy LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin for Complete eLearning Solution
- Plugin slug
academy- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Jan 21, 2026
This CVE was published Jan 21, 2026 and is one of 12 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Academy LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin for Complete eLearning Solution to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Academy LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin for Complete eLearning Solution plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.0. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their password and relying solely on a publicly-exposed nonce for authorization. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change arbitrary user's password, including administrators, and gain access to their account.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H