Creator LMS – The LMS for Creators, Coaches, and Trainers: Privilege escalation or authentication bypass
Creator LMS – The LMS for Creators, Coaches, and Trainers is affected by privilege escalation or authentication bypass. Exploitation requires at least contributor-level access. A successful request can grant permissions or access that the caller should not possess.
- Component
- Creator LMS – The LMS for Creators, Coaches, and Trainers
- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Jan 20, 2026
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Jan 20, 2026 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Creator LMS – The LMS for Creators, Coaches, and Trainers 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 Creator LMS – The LMS for Creators, Coaches, and Trainers plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check in the get_items_permissions_check function in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.12. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor level access and above, to update arbitrary WordPress options.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H