CVE-2026-120544
Description
The Academy LMS – AI Course Builder, Quizzes, Certificates & eLearning plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.1 via the 'id' parameter. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary .html files on the server. The plugin appends a '.html' extension to the attacker-supplied path before reading it, so files with any other extension — including wp-config.php — are out of reach. The file's contents are returned in full in the REST JSON response's content field.
Affected WordPress components
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Academy LMS Plugin · academyUp to and including 4.0.1View on WordPress.org
A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.
Affected products and versions
- kodezen Academy LMS – AI Course Builder, Quizzes, Certificates & eLearning — Up to and including 4.0.1
References
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/tags/4.0.1/includes/frontend/template/block.php#L12
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/tags/4.0.1/includes/frontend/template/block.php#L267
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/tags/4.0.1/includes/frontend/template/block.php#L30
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/tags/4.0.1/includes/frontend/template/block.php#L50
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3723396%40academy&new=3723396%40academy
- www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1f0a1439-d10c-4dfc-9a40-7319debe3c51?source=cve
- nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record