Academy LMS <= 3.8.2 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Lesson Content Disclosure
| CVE | CVE-2026-16563 |
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| CVSS | 4.3 (Medium) |
| Publicly Published | July 24, 2026 |
| Last Updated | August 21, 2026 |
| Researcher |
Pedro Pinho
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Description
The Academy LMS plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access in versions up to, and including, 3.8.2. This is due to missing enrollment and course-access validation in the lessons REST API get_item() function, which set author_id to null for any user with the academy_student role, allowing unrestricted lesson content retrieval. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to read arbitrary lesson content, including content from courses they are not enrolled in, by enumerating lesson IDs via the lessons REST endpoint.
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Vulnerability Details for Academy LMS – AI Course Builder, Quizzes, Certificates & eLearning
| Software Type | Plugin |
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| Software Slug | academy (view on wordpress.org) |
| Patched? | Yes |
| Remediation | Update to version 3.8.3, or a newer patched version |
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