CVE-2024-1505

Academy LMS – eLearning and online course solution for WordPress <= 1.9.19 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: March 13, 2024 at 03:27 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:04 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorAcademy LMS

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

The Academy LMS – eLearning and online course solution for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.19. This is due to plugin allowing arbitrary user meta updates through the saved_user_info() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as students, to elevate their user role to that of an administrator.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Academy LMS· Kodezenwordpress-plugin
95%
v ≤ 1.9.19v < 1.9.20
Affected range stops below 1.9.20, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

8.8HIGHWordfence
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfoCWE-269

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