CVE-2026-16563

Published Aug 3, 2026

Last updated 11 days ago

CVSS medium 6.5
lms

Overview

Description
The Academy LMS WordPress plugin before 3.8.3 does not verify course enrollment or lesson publication status when returning a single lesson through its REST API, allowing users with a self-service student (Subscriber-level) account to disclose the content of arbitrary lessons, including lessons of paid courses they are not enrolled in and unpublished (draft, pending, private) lessons.
Source
contact@wpscan.com
NVD status
Deferred

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Secondary
Base score
6.5
Impact score
3.6
Exploitability score
2.8
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Severity
MEDIUM

Weaknesses

134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
CWE-284

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

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    3 Aug 2026

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References

Sources include official advisories and independent security research.