Academy LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin for Complete eLearning Solution <= 3.5.0 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Account Takeover

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
CVE CVE-2025-15521
CVSS Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published January 20, 2026
Last Updated January 21, 2026
Researcher vgo0
Description

The Academy LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin for Complete eLearning Solution plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.0. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their password and relying solely on a publicly-exposed nonce for authorization. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change arbitrary user's password, including administrators, and gain access to their account.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug academy (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.5.0
Patched Version
  • 3.5.1
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