CVE-2026-33706

HIGH EPSS 6.5%
Published Apr 10, 20262mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
7.1 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Apr 10, 2026 2mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

Chamilo LMS is a learning management system. Prior to 1.11.38, any authenticated user with a REST API key can modify their own status field via the update_user_from_username endpoint. A student (status=5) can change their status to Teacher/CourseManager (status=1), gaining course creation and management privileges. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.11.38.

CVSS Details

Base Score
7.1
Exploitability
2.8
Impact
4.2
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity High
Availability None

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
6.5% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management Authorization

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
chamilochamilo_lms* <1.11.38

References 2

  • github.com https://github.com/chamilo/chamilo-lms/commit/0acf8a196307c66c049f97f5ff76cf21c4a08127
    Patch
  • github.com https://github.com/chamilo/chamilo-lms/security/advisories/GHSA-3gqc-xr75-pcpw
    Vendor Advisory

Remediation

  • github.com https://github.com/chamilo/chamilo-lms/commit/0acf8a196307c66c049f97f5ff76cf21c4a08127
    Patch