CVE-2026-33706CWE-269

Chamilo LMS has a REST API Self-Privilege Escalation (Student → Teacher)

High · published April 10, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
20.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Chamilo LMS is a learning management system. Prior to 1.11.38, any authenticated user with a REST API key can modify their own status field via the update_user_from_username endpoint. A student (status=5) can change their status to Teacher/CourseManager (status=1), gaining course creation and management privileges. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.11.38.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.1 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00288 · 20.3th percentile
Weakness
CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management
Published
2026-04-10T18:51Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 10 APR 18:51Z
    Chamilo LMS has a REST API Self-Privilege Escalation (Student → Teacher)
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