Academy LMS <= 3.8.1 - Unauthenticated Insecure Direct Object Reference to Private Topic Disclosure

5.3
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
CVE CVE-2026-5348
CVSS 5.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published July 1, 2026
Last Updated July 2, 2026
Researcher Md. Moniruzzaman Prodhan (NomanProdhan) - Knight Squad

Description

The Academy LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin for Complete eLearning Solution plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in versions up to, and including, 3.8.1. This is due to the '/topics' REST API endpoint being registered with a permission callback set to '__return_true', allowing unauthenticated access to course curriculum data without verifying the course's post status or user enrollment. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to access detailed curriculum information for private, draft, scheduled, or password-protected courses by enumerating course IDs.

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Vulnerability Details for Academy LMS

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug academy (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 3.8.2, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 3.8.1
Patched Version
  • 3.8.2

Recent vulnerabilities in Academy LMS

# Title CVE ID CVSS Researchers Date
1 Academy LMS <= 3.8.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Insecure Direct Object Reference via 'user_id' Parameter CVE-2026-9341 4.3 sorawautsukushiii July 13, 2026
2 Academy LMS <= 3.8.0 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Note/Progress Modification CVE-2026-14184 4.3 Mustafa Ahmed June 30, 2026
3 Academy LMS <= 3.5.3 - Missing Authorization CVE-2026-25372 4.3 Jakub Herman February 17, 2026
4 Academy LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin for Complete eLearning Solution <= 3.5.0 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Account Takeover CVE-2025-15521 9.8 vgo0 January 20, 2026
5 Academy LMS <= 3.4.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVE-2025-68527 6.4 Muhammad Yudha - DJ December 30, 2025
6 Academy LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin for Complete eLearning Solution <= 3.3.8 - Authenticated (Administrator+) PHP Object Injection via 'import_all_courses' CVE-2025-12099 7.2 Michelle Porter November 7, 2025
7 Academy LMS <= 3.3.4 - Authenticated (Academy Instructor+) Insecure Direct Object Reference CVE-2025-59562 4.3 n0_arafat_n0 September 22, 2025
8 Academy LMS <= 2.0.4 - Missing Authorization CVE-2024-38701 2.7 filime July 11, 2024
9 Academy LMS <= 2.0.10 - Open Redirect CVE-2024-37234 8.3 Mochamad Sofyan June 21, 2024
10 Academy LMS <= 1.9.25 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure CVE-2024-35171 5.3 Peng Zhou May 10, 2024

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