Fox LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin: Privilege escalation or authentication bypass
Fox LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin 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
- Fox LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin
- Plugin slug
fox-lms-wordpress-lms-plugin- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Dec 15, 2025
This CVE was published Dec 15, 2025 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Fox LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin 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 Fox LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.5.1. This is due to the plugin not properly validating the 'role' parameter when creating new users via the `/fox-lms/v1/payments/create-order` REST API endpoint. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create new user accounts with arbitrary roles, including administrator, leading to complete site compromise.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H