{"id":"CVE-2026-104022","published":"2026-10-10T03:17:03.953","lastModified":"2026-10-13T13:30:21.620","description":"The Academy LMS – AI Course Builder, Quizzes, Certificates & eLearning plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.3. This is due to the `add_child()` function calling `add_role('academy_student')` on any existing account resolved from the attacker-supplied `email` parameter before `Store::link()` validates the guardian-ward relationship, and failing to roll back that role write when `Store::link()` returns a `WP_Error`. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with the `academy_guardian` role or higher to elevate any existing WordPress account — including their own — to the `academy_student` role, gaining `edit_posts` (Contributor-equivalent) capabilities and, when the student file-upload setting is enabled, `upload_files` (Author-equivalent) capabilities not granted to the guardian role. When a guardian supplies their own email address, `email_exists()` resolves to their own user ID, causing `Store::link()` to reject the self-link, but because the `add_role()` call has already executed and is never reversed, the academy_student role grant on their own account persists permanently.","cvssScore":5.4,"cvssSeverity":"MEDIUM","cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N","cwes":["CWE-269"],"vendors":[],"products":[],"references":[{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/tags/4.0.2/includes/guardian/rest-api.php#L138","tags":[]},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/tags/4.0.2/includes/guardian/rest-api.php#L160","tags":[]},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/tags/4.0.2/includes/guardian/rest-api.php#L85","tags":[]},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/tags/4.0.2/includes/guardian/store.php#L39","tags":[]},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3734598%40academy&new=3734598%40academy","tags":[]},{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a54dd9e5-59e7-4655-9f64-e198deda1383?source=cve","tags":[]}],"exploitRefs":[],"hasPoc":false,"ai":null}