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TI-2026-69022 Aliases CVE-2026-104050GHSA-rg55-r6h3-vvf2

Academy LMS plugin exposes quiz answers across courses to students

Priority LOW 19CWE-639Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-639.

Summary

The Academy LMS WordPress plugin before 4.0.0 does not verify that a quiz question belongs to the course the requesting user is authorized to access before returning its answer options. An authenticated user with access to a single course, such as an enrolled student, can read the quiz answer options of questions in other courses they are not enrolled in. The weakness is classified as CWE-639.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29

Description from the CNA

The Academy LMS WordPress plugin before 4.0.0 does not verify that a quiz question belongs to the course the requesting user is authorized to access before returning that question's answer options, allowing any authenticated user with access to a single course, such as an enrolled student, to read the quiz answer options of questions belonging to other courses they are not enrolled in.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00162 5th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA
Fix Fixed Academy LMS (Unknown): 4.0.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
UnknownAcademy LMSbefore 4.0.04.0.0Patch availableCNA
  • Academy LMS VendorUnknown Affected before 4.0.0 Fixed in 4.0.0 Patch available CNA

Remediation

Update Academy LMS to version 4.0.0 or later. The sources list no fixed version for Academy LMS other than 4.0.0.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29

  • Fix · CNA Academy LMS (Unknown) Fixed in 4.0.0

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    Academy LMS 4.0.0

    2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2026-69021 Academy LMS exposes lesson content to unenrolled students via REST APIPriority LOW 19
    Show all 2 records →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-07 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-104050
  2. 2026-10-07 Alias added: GHSA-rg55-r6h3-vvf2
  3. 2026-10-07 CVSS score added · CISA ADP
  4. 2026-10-07 Weakness changed · CISA ADP
  5. 2026-10-07 CISA SSVC decision points changed

References

Exploit 1

Sources

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