CVE-2025-15521

CRITICAL EPSS 27.3%

Published Jan 21, 20265mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago

9.8 CVSS 3.1

Critical

Published Jan 21, 2026 5mo ago

Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

The Academy LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin for Complete eLearning Solution plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.0. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their password and relying solely on a publicly-exposed nonce for authorization. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change arbitrary user's password, including administrators, and gain access to their account.

CVSS Details

Base Score

9.8

Exploitability

3.9

Impact

5.9

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

User Interaction None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality High

Integrity High

Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability

27.3% percentile

Exploit & Patch Status

No Known Exploit

No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-639

References 2

plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/tags/3.5.0/includes/functions.php#L1581
wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6687ebbe-fdf4-4ecb-bf59-034bb4b0104c?source=cve

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.