CVE-2025-59562

Academy LMS <= 3.3.4 - Authenticated (Academy Instructor+) Insecure Direct Object Reference

2025-09-22 00:00
n0_arafat_n0

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 3.3.5
Affected Plugin
Academy LMS
Affected Version
<= 3.3.4
CVSS
4.3Medium
Weakness type
CWE-639 · Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
CVE
CVE-2025-59562
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At a glance

CVE-2025-59562 is a medium-severity Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability in the Academy LMS WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 3.3.4. It carries a CVSS score of 4.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Academy Instructor level or above. The issue is fixed in version 3.3.5; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed September 2025, reported by n0_arafat_n0.

Vulnerability Overview

The Academy LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin for Complete eLearning Solution plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.4 due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Academy Instructor-level access and above, to perform an unauthorized action.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-639: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

Reaching this weakness in Academy LMS <= 3.3.4 takes an account at Academy Instructor level or above. Authorization bypass through a user-controlled key, often called insecure direct object reference, means the application looks up a record by an identifier from the request without checking that the caller owns it.

Changing a number in the request is enough to read or modify other users' records, which on commerce and membership sites means customer data. For Academy LMS the fix is 3.3.5: builds <= 3.3.4 are affected, anything from 3.3.5 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 3.3.5, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

Because it turns on account access, WordSec's login security is the relevant layer: role-based two-factor, captcha and brute-force limits raise the cost of getting the account this needs. None of that substitutes for the fix: Academy LMS 3.3.5 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Login Security
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-59562https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d8045e14-dfeb-4d1b-8e72-861bc7f8b8abhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59562

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