Description
The Academy LMS – AI Course Builder, Quizzes, Certificates & eLearning plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.1 via the 'id' parameter. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary .html files on the server. The plugin appends a '.html' extension to the attacker-supplied path before reading it, so files with any other extension — including wp-config.php — are out of reach. The file's contents are returned in full in the REST JSON response's content field.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| kodezen | Academy LMS – AI Course Builder, Quizzes, Certificates & eLearning | <= 4.0.1 |
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/tags/4.0.1/includes/frontend/template/block.php#L12
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/tags/4.0.1/includes/frontend/template/block.php#L267
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/tags/4.0.1/includes/frontend/template/block.php#L30
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/tags/4.0.1/includes/frontend/template/block.php#L50
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3723396%40academy&new=3723396%40academy
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1f0a1439-d10c-4dfc-9a40-7319debe3c51?source=cve
Timeline
- Published
- Nov 3, 2026
- Last modified
- Nov 3, 2026
- NVD status
- Deferred