CVE-2026-120544

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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.

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS score

4.3 (v3.1)

Vulnerability status

Deferred

Source identifier

[email protected]

Published

2026-11-03 05:18:32.427000

Last modified

2026-11-03 05:18:32.583000

View original CVE JSON

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  "id": "CVE-2026-120544",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-11-03T05:18:32.427",
  "lastModified": "2026-11-03T05:18:32.583",
  "vulnStatus": "Deferred",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
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      "value": "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."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "vendor": "kodezen",
          "product": "Academy LMS – AI Course Builder, Quizzes, Certificates & eLearning",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "versions": [
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              "version": "0",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "4.0.1",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "affected"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "metrics": {
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        "type": "Primary",
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          "version": "3.1",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
          "baseScore": 4.3,
          "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "privilegesRequired": "LOW",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "confidentialityImpact": "LOW",
          "integrityImpact": "NONE",
          "availabilityImpact": "NONE"
        },
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  "weaknesses": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
      "type": "Primary",
      "description": [
        {
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          "value": "CWE-22"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/tags/4.0.1/includes/frontend/template/block.php#L12",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/tags/4.0.1/includes/frontend/template/block.php#L267",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/tags/4.0.1/includes/frontend/template/block.php#L30",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/tags/4.0.1/includes/frontend/template/block.php#L50",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3723396%40academy&new=3723396%40academy",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1f0a1439-d10c-4dfc-9a40-7319debe3c51?source=cve",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    }
  ]
}