Critical severity · published Jan 21, 2026
CVE-2025-15521
Academy LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin for Complete eLearning Solution <= 3.5.0 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Account Takeover
9.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 35% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AL
Academy LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin for Complete eLearning Solution · kodezen
through 3.5.0 · source: vendor
Affected product
AL
Academy LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin for Complete eLearning Solution
kodezen
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-15521
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-15521
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/tags/3.5.0/includes/functions.php#L1581
www.wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6687ebbe-fdf4-4ecb-bf59-034bb4b0104c?source=cve
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