{
 "id": "WPSEC-2026-1671",
 "url": "https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-1671/",
 "json_url": "https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-1671/advisory.json",
 "markdown_url": "https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-1671/index.md",
 "title": "Academy LMS <= 4.0.7 - Authenticated (Academy Instructor+) Missing Authorization to Plugin Settings Disclosure",
 "description": "The academy plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure via the settings REST endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.7, due to a permission callback that grants access to any user with the 'manage_academy_instructor' capability instead of only site administrators. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Academy Instructor-level access and above, to read the plugin's global settings, including the stored ChatGPT (OpenAI) API key.",
 "plugin": {
  "slug": "academy",
  "name": "Academy LMS",
  "full_name": "Academy LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin for Complete eLearning Solution",
  "wordpress_org": "https://wordpress.org/plugins/academy/",
  "advisories_url": "https://wpsec.com/vuln/plugin/academy/",
  "attacksurface": "https://attacksurface.wpsec.com/plugin/academy"
 },
 "type": "SENSITIVE DATA DISCLOSURE",
 "cwe": [
  "CWE-862"
 ],
 "cve": [],
 "cvss": {
  "version": "3.1",
  "score": 4.3,
  "vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
  "severity": "Medium"
 },
 "affected": {
  "ranges": [
   {
    "from": null,
    "from_inclusive": true,
    "to": "4.0.8",
    "to_inclusive": false
   }
  ],
  "text": [
   "all versions before 4.0.8"
  ]
 },
 "introduced_in": null,
 "fixed_in": "4.0.8",
 "remediation": "Update to 4.0.8 or later.",
 "fix_released": "2026-10-25T16:35:50+00:00",
 "published": "2026-10-26T16:47:08+00:00",
 "updated": "2026-10-26T09:45:10.381982+00:00",
 "also_published_as": null,
 "references": [
  "https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-1671/",
  "https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/academy/tags/4.0.8/",
  "https://wordpress.org/plugins/academy/"
 ],
 "attacksurface_url": "https://attacksurface.wpsec.com/plugin/academy",
 "source": "WPSec",
 "license": {
  "name": "CC BY 4.0",
  "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
 },
 "usage": {
  "plugin": "Low",
  "affected_versions": "None seen",
  "as_of": "2026-10-27"
 }
}