High severity · published Sep 24, 2026
CVE-2026-88843
MasterStudy LMS 3.5.29 - < 3.7.50 - Contributor+ LFI via Elementor Courses Categories Widget
7.2
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The MasterStudy LMS WordPress Plugin WordPress plugin before 3.7.50 does not validate one of its display-style settings before using it to build a template path, allowing users with the Contributor role and above to include and execute arbitrary local PHP files on the server. An equivalent path was corrected in an earlier release and this one was not, so the issue persists in versions the earlier advisory reports as fixed.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 30% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ML
MasterStudy LMS WordPress Plugin ·
3.5.29 before 3.7.50 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-88843
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-88843
wpscan.com
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fffc0d8c-256e-417d-b76c-251948b9f1ed/
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