CVE-2026-16563

The Academy LMS WordPress plugin before 3.8.3 does not verify course enrollment or lesson publication status when returning a single lesson through its REST API, allowing users with a self-service student (Subscriber-level) account to disclose the content of arbitrary lessons, including lessons of paid courses they are not enrolled in and unpublished (draft, pending, private) lessons.

CVSS v3.1

6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS

0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 10th percentile

Published

2026-08-03

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/eec480b0-67af-4642-b6b3-cba095394286/

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2026-16562
• CVE-2026-16564
• CVE-2026-16561
• CVE-2026-16565
• CVE-2026-16559
• CVE-2026-16567