Path traversal in Academy LMS lets contributors read HTML files
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-22 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
The Academy LMS plugin for WordPress by kodezen is affected up to and including 4.0.1. A path traversal flaw (CWE-22) in the 'id' parameter of the /wp/v2/templates REST route lets an authenticated attacker with contributor-level access or above read arbitrary .html files on the server. The plugin appends .html to the supplied path, and the full file contents are returned in the REST JSON response.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-03
Description from the CNA
The Academy LMS – AI Course Builder, Quizzes, Certificates & eLearning plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.1 via the 'id' parameter. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary .html files on the server. The plugin appends a '.html' extension to the attacker-supplied path before reading it, so files with any other extension — including wp-config.php — are out of reach. The file's contents are returned in full in the REST JSON response's content field.
Why it matters now
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
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for Academy LMS, AI Course Builder, Quizzes, Certificates & eLearning.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-03
Timeline
- 2026-11-03 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-120544
- 2026-11-03 Alias added: GHSA-782f-4vq3-mp5h
- 2026-11-03 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Other 6
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1f0a1439-d10c-4dfc-9a40-7319debe3c51?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/tags/4.0.1/includes/frontend/template/block.php#L50
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/tags/4.0.1/includes/frontend/template/block.php#L30
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/tags/4.0.1/includes/frontend/template/block.php#L267
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/tags/4.0.1/includes/frontend/template/block.php#L12
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3723396%40academy&new=3723396%40academy
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- TI-2025-14160 Authorization bypass in kodezen Academy LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin for Complete eLearning… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-01406 Improper privilege management in kodezen Academy LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin for Complete… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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Sources
- CVE-2026-120544 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-120544 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-782f-4vq3-mp5h · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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