---
id: CVE-2026-104915
title: >-
  The Academy LMS – AI Course Builder, Quizzes, Certificates & eLearning plugin
  for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and
  including, 4.0.3
summary: >-
  The Academy LMS – AI Course Builder, Quizzes, Certificates & eLearning plugin
  for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and
  including, 4.0.3. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user
  i…
severity: medium
cvss: 6.5
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-862
published: '2026-10-10'
updated: '2026-10-10'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-10T03:17:04.107'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-104915'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/tags/4.0.2/includes/ajax/miscellaneous.php#L469
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/tags/4.0.2/includes/ajax/miscellaneous.php#L477
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/tags/4.0.2/includes/ajax/miscellaneous.php#L480
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/tags/4.0.2/includes/ajax/miscellaneous.php#L496
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/tags/4.0.2/includes/classes/abstract-ajax-handler.php#L43
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/tags/4.0.2/includes/traits/courses.php#L380
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3734598%40academy&new=3734598%40academy
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2640d1f8-958d-4556-919c-58df5bf15b40?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
ingestedAt: '2026-10-10T03:20:35.294Z'
---

## Overview

The Academy LMS – AI Course Builder, Quizzes, Certificates & eLearning plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.3. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with custom-level access and above, to permanently delete arbitrary Academy lesson comments and their replies authored by any user, including administrators, across courses they do not instruct. This is exploitable by any user registered as an Academy instructor for at least one course, as they can supply their own course_id to pass the instructor check while targeting comments belonging to entirely different courses.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.