CVE-2026-88847: MasterStudy LMS authorization bypass in course progress recording

CVE-2026-88847 · Severity: medium · CVSS 4.3 · Published 2026-09-24

MasterStudy LMS is a WordPress learning management system plugin that allows educational organizations to create and deliver courses. The plugin fails to verify that users are actually enrolled in courses before allowing them to mark lessons as complete, meaning any authenticated user—even a basic subscriber—can falsify their progress in any course they cannot access. This enables unauthorized learners to fabricate completion records and potentially receive undeserved credentials or bypass course requirements.

Technologies: MasterStudy LMS. Vendors: MasterStudy.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-88847 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-88847 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-88847?
Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4.3, published 24 September 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
MasterStudy LMS before 3.7.50.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-88847?
A patch was published on 2026-09-24: Fixed in version 3.7.50 Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
How is CVE-2026-88847 attacked?
It is attacked over the network, in a software library.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-88847?
Check whether you run MasterStudy 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 does not enforce enrollment checks before recording lesson completion via an authenticated endpoint, a broken access control vulnerability (CWE-862). Any authenticated user with subscriber privileges can create or modify course progress records for courses they are not enrolled in. The vulnerability requires authentication but no specific authorization level, affecting the integrity of course completion tracking.

Affected products

  • MasterStudy MasterStudy LMS before 3.7.50

Timeline

  • 2026-09-24: disclosed
  • 2026-09-24: patched: Fixed in version 3.7.50

References

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