# CVE-2026-77008: HEL Online Classroom: AI-powered Online Classrooms <= 1.0.3 - Unauthenticated Plugin Settings Update

> Unauthenticated attackers can overwrite plugin settings to redirect online classrooms and shared secrets to attacker-controlled infrastructure.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 29 Aug 2026
- **Updated:** 30 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hv52-q9g7-xc97

## What is CVE-2026-77008?

CVE-2026-77008 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown HEL Online Classroom: AI-powered Online Classrooms, published on 29 Aug 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The HEL Online Classroom: AI-powered Online Classrooms WordPress plugin through 1.0.3 does not have any authorisation or authentication check when saving its settings, allowing unauthenticated users to overwrite them and repoint every online classroom, along with the shared secret those sessions are signed with, at infrastructure of their choosing.

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-77008?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-77008?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-77008 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-77008 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-77008 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-77008 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-77008 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown HEL Online Classroom: AI-powered Online Classrooms, published on 29 Aug 2026. 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-2026-77008 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown HEL Online Classroom: AI-powered Online Classrooms. 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-2026-77008/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-77008/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-77008
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-77008
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-77008

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-77008/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.