CVE-2026-120544

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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.

CVSS 4.3 (MEDIUM)

Attention and evidence

HYPE SCORE

0.0/10

REALITY · THREAT PRIORITY

1.5/10

General review priority; not probability

Evidence confidence: Insufficient evidence

Why this priority?

Technical severity: CVSS 4.3: +1.50
Fresh EPSS: 0.34%: +0.01

General review priority, not probability, victim count or asset-specific risk. A range covers missing CVSS/EPSS inputs within the current evidence state.

Sources: 1 documents and public datasets.

Hype components

Headline sample (25%)

0/100

Press, 30 days (60%)

0/100

Grounded branding (15%)

0/100

HYPE TOTAL0/100

Sources and documents

Latest Vulnerabilities

Technical advisory · 03 Nov 2026, 04:43 · CVE-2026-120544 - Academy LMS <= 4.0.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary HTML File Read via 'id' Parameter in /wp/v2/templates REST Route

Score evolution

● Hype ● Reality

━ Hype Score (Perceived) ━ Reality threat priority. Definition changes are not new attacks.

Public exploit evidence

Public exploit entries / repo candidates

Evidence context and dated references

Reality is general threat/review priority, combining observed exploitation, CVSS severity and fresh EPSS. Evidence confidence is separate. This is not calibrated risk, a victim count or an asset-specific assessment. A range reflects missing numeric inputs. Published 5 days ago. Exploitation evidence usually takes weeks to show up: a low reality score can mean there is no data yet, not that the flaw is mild.

Evidence in context

Confidence in exploitation evidence: Insufficient evidence
Priority basis: Exploitation in attacks unconfirmed; CVSS 4.3; EPSS 0.3%
Attention, last 30 days: 0 distinct story titles; 0 press documents; 0 publisher domains.
Technical potential: network access, low privileges, no user interaction.
Observed activity: No exploitation observation is recorded.
Known scale: Not quantified.
Evidence confidence basis: Insufficient evidence

Score evaluated: 2026-11-05 13:59:56.876805+00:00 · EPSS snapshot: 2026-11-05T12:03:04Z

Source event timeline

Published

03 Nov 2026, 04:43

Score calculated

05 Nov 2026, 13:59