# CVE-2025-11086: Academy LMS Pro <= 3.3.7 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Social Login Addon

> Unauthenticated attackers can escalate privileges to Administrator via the Social Login addon due to improper role validation during registration.

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Oct 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3rvr-g3cj-8jg3

## What is CVE-2025-11086?

CVE-2025-11086 is a high-severity vulnerability in academylms Academy LMS Pro, published on 22 Oct 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official 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 attackers to update their role to Administrator when registering on the site.

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-11086?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-11086?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-11086 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-11086 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-11086 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-11086 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-11086 is a high-severity vulnerability in academylms Academy LMS Pro, published on 22 Oct 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-11086 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: academylms Academy LMS Pro. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-11086/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-11086/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-11086
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-11086
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-11086

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-11086/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.