CVE-2026-104049 Academy LMS < 4.0.0 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Lesson Content Disclosure via Topic REST Endpoint
Unauthenticated or low-privilege users can read private lesson content from paid courses due to missing enrollment checks in the REST API.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-104049?
CVE-2026-104049 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Academy LMS, published on 7 Oct 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Academy LMS WordPress plugin before 4.0.0 does not verify course enrollment or object ownership when returning a lesson's content through one of its REST API routes, allowing users with a self-registerable student account to read the full content of arbitrary lessons, including lessons of paid or private courses they are not enrolled in.
Weakness: CWE-639
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-104049?
How do I fix CVE-2026-104049?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-104049 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2026-104049 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-104049 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-43m9-7565-v53c.