Medium severity · published Jul 2, 2026
CVE-2026-5348
Academy LMS <= 3.8.1 - Unauthenticated Insecure Direct Object Reference to Private Topic Disclosure
5.3
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Academy LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin for Complete eLearning Solution plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in versions up to, and including, 3.8.1. This is due to the '/topics' REST API endpoint being registered with a permission callback set to '__return_true', allowing unauthenticated access to course curriculum data without verifying the course's post status or user enrollment. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to access detailed curriculum information for private, draft, scheduled, or password-protected courses by enumerating course IDs.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 39% 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 3.8.1 · source: vendor
Affected product
AL
Academy LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin for Complete eLearning Solution
kodezen
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5348
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-5348
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/tags/3.5.3/includes/api/course.php#L50
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/tags/3.5.3/includes/api/course.php#L77
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/tags/3.5.3/includes/traits/courses.php#L1514
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/trunk/includes/api/course.php#L50
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/trunk/includes/api/course.php#L77
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/trunk/includes/traits/courses.php#L1514
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