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CVE-2026-33706

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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.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
7.1 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2026-04-10 19:16:23.800000
Last modified
2026-10-26 21:10:00.170000
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  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-04-10T19:16:23.800",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-26T21:10:00.170",
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    },
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      "value": "Chamilo LMS es un sistema de gestión del aprendizaje. Antes de la versión 1.11.38, cualquier usuario autenticado con una clave de API REST puede modificar su propio campo de estado a través del endpoint update_user_from_username. Un estudiante (estado=5) puede cambiar su estado a Profesor/Gestor de Curso (estado=1), obteniendo privilegios de creación y gestión de cursos. Esta vulnerabilidad está corregida en la versión 1.11.38."
    }
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