Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-104049 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-104049 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-104049?
- Informational severity, published 7 October 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Academy LMS before 4.0.0.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-104049?
- Yes: fixed in 4.0.0. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
- How is CVE-2026-104049 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a software library.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-104049?
- Check whether you run Academy LMS at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
How to fix
- Fixed in: 4.0.0
Technical details
The plugin does not enforce course enrollment or object ownership checks when returning lesson content through REST API endpoints, allowing any authenticated subscriber to perform IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference) attacks. An attacker can enumerate lesson IDs and retrieve arbitrary lesson content without proper authorization. The vulnerability requires only a self-registerable student account and network access to the REST API.
Affected products
- Academy LMS Academy LMS before 4.0.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-05: disclosed
- 2026-10-07: advisory