CVE-2025-11086
CVSS 8.1 High
- CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Published: 2025-10-22T12:15:33.427
- Last modified: 1761167568
The Academy LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin for Complete eLearning Solution plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.7. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user’s role prior to registering a user via the Social Login addon. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to update their role to Administrator when registering on the site.
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How to fix CVE-2025-11086
CVE-2025-11086 is a high severity vulnerability affecting the affected product.
Description: The Academy LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin for Complete eLearning Solution plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.7. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user’s role prior to registering a user via the Social Login addon. This makes it possible for unauthenticated […]
Affected Versions:
❌ Vulnerable: ≤ 3.3.7
✅ Safe: ≥ 3.3.8
Exploit Difficulty: MEDIUM
⏱️ Time to exploit: 1-4 hours
🛠️ Required skills: Intermediate security knowledge
💰 Public exploits: May be available
How to Fix:
- Check if you're running the affected product
- Verify version (vulnerable: ≤ 3.3.7)
- Update to ≥ 3.3.8 or later
- If patching is not immediately possible: restrict network exposure, apply least-privilege access
- Test the fix in a staging environment first
- Review logs for signs of exploitation
- Monitor for IOCs (Indicators of Compromise)
- Enable automatic security updates
- Set up vulnerability monitoring
- Review and harden security configurations
Description: The Academy LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin for Complete eLearning Solution plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.7. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user’s role prior to registering a user via the Social Login addon. This makes it possible for unauthenticated […]
Affected Versions:
❌ Vulnerable: ≤ 3.3.7
✅ Safe: ≥ 3.3.8
Exploit Difficulty: MEDIUM
⏱️ Time to exploit: 1-4 hours
🛠️ Required skills: Intermediate security knowledge
💰 Public exploits: May be available
How to Fix:
1 Identify affected systems
- Check if you're running the affected product
- Verify version (vulnerable: ≤ 3.3.7)
2 Immediate actions
- Update to ≥ 3.3.8 or later
- If patching is not immediately possible: restrict network exposure, apply least-privilege access
3 Verification
- Test the fix in a staging environment first
- Review logs for signs of exploitation
- Monitor for IOCs (Indicators of Compromise)
4 Long-term prevention
- Enable automatic security updates
- Set up vulnerability monitoring
- Review and harden security configurations
Exploit Difficulty Assessment
MEDIUM
Time to Exploit: 1-4 hours
Skills Required: Intermediate security knowledge
Public Exploits: May be available
Affected Versions
Vulnerable: ≤ 3.3.7
Safe: ≥ 3.3.8
Vulnerability Timeline
Oct 22, 2025
Vulnerability Published
CVE details first published to NVD database
Jan 01, 1970
Last Modified
CVE details were updated
Oct 28, 2025
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