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Paper/Archive/CVE-2025-15521

CVE-2025-15521

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

EPSS 0.4%CVSS 9.8
critical.is priorityof 100
37
CVSS 9.8 (CNA)9.8 / 10 × 3029.4Not in CISA KEV+300.0EPSS percentile 35.5.355 × 207.1No public exploit+100.0SSVC exploitation: none+100.0
Description · from the CVE record

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.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
Academy LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin for Complete eLearning Solution≤ 3.5.0–CNA

Scores by source

Wordfence (CNA)9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

References

refwordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6687ebbe-fdf4-4ecb-bf59-034bb4b0104c?source=cverefplugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/tags/3.5.0/includes/functions.php#L1581