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.
CVE-2025-15521 is a critical severity with CVSS 9.8 Authorization Bypass issue affecting the Plugin Academy LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin for Complete eLearning Solution. It affects Versions up to 3.5.0 and is fixed in 3.5.1.
CVE-2025-15521 is tracked for the Plugin Academy LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin for Complete eLearning Solution as critical severity with CVSS 9.8. The affected range is Versions up to 3.5.0. Update Academy LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin for Complete eLearning Solution to 3.5.1 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
| Software Type | Plugin |
|---|---|
| Software Slug |
academy
View on wordpress.org
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| CVE | CVE-2025-15521 |
| Patched Versions |
3.5.1
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| Affected Versions |
Versions up to 3.5.0
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These internal links group the same WordPress plugin by CVE, issue type, severity, and patch status so operators and search engines can connect the full vulnerability cluster.
Academy LMS – eLearning and online course solution for WordPress <= 1.9.19 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation
Academy LMS <= 2.0.10 - Open Redirect
Academy LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin for Complete eLearning Solution <= 3.3.8 - Authenticated (Administrator+) PHP Object Injection via 'import_all_courses'
Academy LMS <= 3.4.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Academy LMS <= 1.9.16 - Missing Authorization
Academy LMS <= 1.9.25 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure
Academy LMS <= 3.5.3 - Missing Authorization
Academy LMS <= 3.3.4 - Authenticated (Academy Instructor+) Insecure Direct Object Reference
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