CVE-2026-104915
The Academy LMS – AI Course Builder, Quizzes, Certificates & eLearning plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.3.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.22%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The Academy LMS – AI Course Builder, Quizzes, Certificates & eLearning plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.3. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with custom-level access and above, to permanently delete arbitrary Academy lesson comments and their replies authored by any user, including administrators, across courses they do not instruct. This is exploitable by any user registered as an Academy instructor for at least one course, as they can supply their own course_id to pass the instructor check while targeting comments belonging to entirely different courses.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.22% probability · 13th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-862
- Source
- security@wordfence.com
EPSS moved from 0.2% on 10 October 2026 to 0.2% on 26 October 2026.
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/tags/4.0.2/includes/ajax/miscellaneous.php#L469
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/tags/4.0.2/includes/ajax/miscellaneous.php#L477
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/tags/4.0.2/includes/ajax/miscellaneous.php#L480
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/tags/4.0.2/includes/ajax/miscellaneous.php#L496
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/tags/4.0.2/includes/classes/abstract-ajax-handler.php#L43
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/tags/4.0.2/includes/traits/courses.php#L380
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3734598%40academy&new=3734598%40academy
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2640d1f8-958d-4556-919c-58df5bf15b40?source=cve
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.