CVE-2026-104022

{"id": "CVE-2026-104022", "cveTags": [], "metrics": {"ssvcV203": [{"source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "ssvcData": {"id": "CVE-2026-104022", "role": "CISA Coordinator", "options": [{"exploitation": "none"}, {"automatable": "no"}, {"technicalImpact": "partial"}], "version": "2.0.3", "timestamp": "2026-10-11T16:39:21.951557Z"}}], "cvssMetricV31": [{"type": "Secondary", "source": "security@wordfence.com", "cvssData": {"scope": "UNCHANGED", "version": "3.1", "baseScore": 5.4, "attackVector": "NETWORK", "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N", "integrityImpact": "LOW", "userInteraction": "NONE", "attackComplexity": "LOW", "availabilityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "confidentialityImpact": "LOW"}, "impactScore": 2.5, "exploitabilityScore": 2.8}]}, "affected": [{"source": "security@wordfence.com", "affectedData": [{"vendor": "kodezen", "product": "Academy LMS \u2013 AI Course Builder, Quizzes, Certificates & eLearning", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "0", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "4.0.3"}], "defaultStatus": "unaffected"}]}], "published": "2026-10-10T03:17:03.953", "references": [{"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/tags/4.0.2/includes/guardian/rest-api.php#L138", "source": "security@wordfence.com"}, {"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/tags/4.0.2/includes/guardian/rest-api.php#L160", "source": "security@wordfence.com"}, {"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/tags/4.0.2/includes/guardian/rest-api.php#L85", "source": "security@wordfence.com"}, {"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/tags/4.0.2/includes/guardian/store.php#L39", "source": "security@wordfence.com"}, {"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3734598%40academy&new=3734598%40academy", "source": "security@wordfence.com"}, {"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a54dd9e5-59e7-4655-9f64-e198deda1383?source=cve", "source": "security@wordfence.com"}], "vulnStatus": "Deferred", "weaknesses": [{"type": "Secondary", "source": "security@wordfence.com", "description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-269"}]}], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "The Academy LMS \u2013 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 \u2014 including their own \u2014 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."}], "lastModified": "2026-10-13T13:30:21.620", "sourceIdentifier": "security@wordfence.com"}