Academy LMS <= 4.0.3 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Course Review Submission

ID

WPSEC-2026-0798

Plugin

Academy LMS – AI Course Builder, Quizzes, Certificates & eLearning (academy)

Affected

from 3.3.10 before 4.0.4

Remediation

Update to 4.0.4 or later.

CVSS 3.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Weakness

CWE-862

Usage

Plugin Low · Affected versions None seen among sites WPSec scans, 2026-10-12

Attack surface

Academy LMS on WPSec AttackSurface

Fix released

2026-10-08

Published

2026-10-12

Description

The Academy LMS plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data via the 'academy/add_course_review' AJAX action in versions 3.3.10 up to, and including, 4.0.3. This is due to the action not checking that the target post is a course with reviews enabled, that the user is enrolled in and has completed the course, or that the rating is between 1 and 5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to post auto-approved reviews with out-of-range rating values on any course without having enrolled in it, and so manipulate the course's displayed rating.

References

• https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-0798/
• https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/academy/tags/4.0.4/
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/academy/

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