CVE-2025-11086

Academy LMS Pro <= 3.3.7 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Social Login Addon

Published Oct 22, 2025 CVSS 3.1 · 8.1 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

The Academy LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin for Complete eLearning Solution plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.7. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's role prior to registering a user via the Social Login addon. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update their role to Administrator when registering on the site.

Analysis

Technical impact

The vulnerability allows an attacker who does not have any existing credentials to register on a WordPress site that has the Academy LMS Pro plugin installed. Because the Social Login addon does not verify that the caller is authorized to choose a role, the attacker can set their role to Administrator during registration. This results in full administrative control over the site, allowing modification of content, themes, plugins, and potentially access to user data. The weakness is a missing role validation flaw (CWE‑269), leading to privileged account creation.

Affected Systems

Any WordPress site that uses the Academy LMS Pro plugin up to and including version 3.3.7 is affected. The vulnerability is present on all supported versions before 3.3.8, regardless of the specific WordPress core release.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 8.1 indicates high severity and the EPSS score of less than 1% suggests low overall exploitation probability but still possible. The attack vector is web-based and requires only unauthenticated access to the site's registration endpoint; no additional network privileges are needed. Because the plugin can be installed on any WordPress site, the vulnerability is potentially widespread, but it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

academylms

Academy LMS Pro

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	≤ 3.3.7

No data.

Vendor	Product	Versions
Academylms	Academy Lms Pro	—
Wordpress	Wordpress	—

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

Upgrade Academy LMS Pro to version 3.3.8 or later, which includes role validation during user registration.
If an upgrade is not immediately possible, disable or uninstall the Social Login addon to prevent unauthenticated role assignment.
Implement a review of role assignment logic in any custom code and enforce strict authorization checks to ensure only authorized users can acquire administrator privileges.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on April 22, 2026 at 21:56 UTC.

Tracking

Advisories

No advisories available

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.403% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://academylms.net/
https://academylms.net/whats-new/
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0f42f0be-5386-448b-9e65-5d2584cc2175?source=cve

History

Oct 23, 2025 10:30 AM First appearance in the feed. Affected vendors updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Academylms Academylms academy Lms Pro Wordpress Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products		Academylms Academylms academy Lms Pro Wordpress Wordpress wordpress

Oct 22, 2025 2:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Oct 22, 2025 11:30 AM Description updated. Title updated. Weaknesses updated. Added references. Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		The Academy LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin for Complete eLearning Solution plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.7. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's role prior to registering a user via the Social Login addon. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update their role to Administrator when registering on the site.
Title		Academy LMS Pro <= 3.3.7 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Social Login Addon
Weaknesses		CWE-269
References		https://academylms.net/ https://academylms.net/whats-new/ https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0f42f0be-5386-448b-9e65-5d2584cc2175?source=cve
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}`