Is CVE-2026-120544 exploited in the wild?

No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-120544 being exploited in the wild.

How severe is CVE-2026-120544?

Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4.3, published 3 November 2026.

Which products and versions are affected?

Academy LMS up to and including 4.0.1.

Is there a fix for CVE-2026-120544?

No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

How is CVE-2026-120544 attacked?

It is attacked over the network.

Am I affected by CVE-2026-120544?

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.

CVE-2026-120544: Academy LMS plugin for WordPress directory traversal via id parameter

CVE-2026-120544 · Severity: medium · CVSS 4.3 · Published 2026-11-03

The Academy LMS plugin for WordPress, used to create and manage online courses, quizzes, and certificates, contains a directory traversal vulnerability that allows authenticated users with contributor-level or higher privileges to read arbitrary HTML files from the server. An attacker could use this to expose sensitive server files and potentially sensitive data, though the attack is limited to HTML files only.

Technologies: Academy LMS. Vendors: Academy LMS.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-120544 exploited in the wild?: No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-120544 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-120544?: Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4.3, published 3 November 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?: Academy LMS up to and including 4.0.1.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-120544?: No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
How is CVE-2026-120544 attacked?: It is attacked over the network.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-120544?: 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.

Technical details

The plugin fails to properly sanitize the 'id' parameter in REST API endpoints, allowing authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or above to traverse the file system. The vulnerability appends a '.html' extension to the attacker-supplied path before reading it, restricting access to HTML files only; files like wp-config.php cannot be accessed. Retrieved file contents are returned directly in the REST JSON response.

Affected products

Academy LMS Academy LMS up to and including 4.0.1

Timeline

2026-11-03: disclosed

References

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