Disclosure summary
The Academy LMS – AI Course Builder, Quizzes, Certificates & eLearning plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.3. This is due to the `add_child()` function calling `add_role('academy_student')` on any existing account resolved from the attacker-supplied `email` parameter before `Store::link()` validates the guardian-ward relationship, and failing to roll back that role write when `Store::link()` returns a `WP_Error`. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with the `academy_guardian` role or higher to elevate any existing WordPress account — including their own — to the `academy_student` role, gaining `edit_posts` (Contributor-equivalent) capabilities and, when the student file-upload setting is enabled, `upload_files` (Author-equivalent) capabilities not granted to the guardian role. When a guardian supplies their own email address, `email_exists()` resolves to their own user ID, causing `Store::link()` to reject the self-link, but because the `add_role()` call has already executed and is never reversed, the academy_student role grant on their own account persists permanently.
Source-reported weakness categories
CWE-269
Source-specific records & product guidance
Sources retain their own attribution and scoring. Follow the original record to confirm affected versions, fixed releases, and configuration conditions.
CVEProject/cvelistV5 releases · RSS-2b11a7e1dade072c26c14342ed52b8ffeb8
Open original source · Updated Oct 10, 2026
CVE 2026-10-10_2300Z
CVE mention in publisher metadata; check the original affected versions.
CVEProject/cvelistV5 releases · RSS-f946067cb6a34653c12f3a7d3e105773b0f
Open original source · Updated Oct 10, 2026
CVE 2026-10-10_2200Z
CVE mention in publisher metadata; check the original affected versions.
CVEProject/cvelistV5 releases · RSS-7c1aa4e02ee105026a9d5ef835739da2231
Open original source · Updated Oct 10, 2026
CVE 2026-10-10_2100Z
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CVEProject/cvelistV5 releases · RSS-5daad76275e9590636f1bfed69854f874d0
Open original source · Updated Oct 10, 2026
CVE 2026-10-10_2000Z
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CVEProject/cvelistV5 releases · RSS-f5a41e504aba4034d4f99f9de25577fb6a1
Open original source · Updated Oct 10, 2026
CVE 2026-10-10_1900Z
CVE mention in publisher metadata; check the original affected versions.
CVEProject/cvelistV5 releases · RSS-f5dee9e139662097b84b17b3e74d5544c25
Open original source · Updated Oct 10, 2026
CVE 2026-10-10_1800Z
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CVEProject/cvelistV5 releases · RSS-6729502a4ea3125ddd379f75d3eb8cb63a6
Open original source · Updated Oct 10, 2026
CVE 2026-10-10_1700Z
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CVEProject/cvelistV5 releases · RSS-a10ecc85ff20aad80a7e8436dd92befdcfc
Open original source · Updated Oct 10, 2026
CVE 2026-10-10_1600Z
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CVEProject/cvelistV5 releases · RSS-5f26de48c2d7605f54c0980f1221b67644b
Open original source · Updated Oct 10, 2026
CVE 2026-10-10_1500Z
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CVEProject/cvelistV5 releases · RSS-95eb7d8256449b8a75dc66291b65bfe37a2
Open original source · Updated Oct 10, 2026
CVE 2026-10-10_1400Z
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NIST National Vulnerability Database · NVD-CVE-2026-104022
Open original source · Updated Oct 09, 2026
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Original records & references
- NIST NVD record
- CVE Program record
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- www.wordfence.com
PUBLISHED 2026-10-09T23:17:03-04:00
MODIFIED 2026-10-09T23:17:03-04:00
INGESTED 2026-10-10T20:55:12-04:00