CVE-2026-33706
Chamilo LMS has a REST API Self-Privilege Escalation (Student → Teacher)
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.1 High
- Published
- Apr 10, 2026
- Updated
- Apr 14, 2026
- Reserved
- Mar 23, 2026
Description
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.1 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
chamilo-lmschamilo |
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References
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