CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-33706
Chamilo LMS is a learning management system. Prior to 1.11.38, any authenticated user with a REST API key can modify their own status field via the update_user_from_username endpoint. A student (status=5) can change their status to Teacher/CourseManager (status=1), gaining course creation and management privileges. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.11.38.
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"product":"chamilo-lms","vendor":"chamilo","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"< 1.11.38"}]}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5affectedurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b32246822b30c00fe81d817b32696ebd29cd45623eb6ba2c47f364f54ce27684 · sha256:a9908672b04418b2… · /containers/cna/affected/0
Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":7.1,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"LOW","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"LOW","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b32246822b30c00fe81d817b32696ebd29cd45623eb6ba2c47f364f54ce27684 · sha256:a9908672b04418b2… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-269","description":"CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b32246822b30c00fe81d817b32696ebd29cd45623eb6ba2c47f364f54ce27684 · sha256:a9908672b04418b2… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
2 source assertions{"name":"https://github.com/chamilo/chamilo-lms/commit/0acf8a196307c66c049f97f5ff76cf21c4a08127","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/chamilo/chamilo-lms/commit/0acf8a196307c66c049f97f5ff76cf21c4a08127"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b32246822b30c00fe81d817b32696ebd29cd45623eb6ba2c47f364f54ce27684 · sha256:a9908672b04418b2… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"name":"https://github.com/chamilo/chamilo-lms/security/advisories/GHSA-3gqc-xr75-pcpw","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/chamilo/chamilo-lms/security/advisories/GHSA-3gqc-xr75-pcpw"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b32246822b30c00fe81d817b32696ebd29cd45623eb6ba2c47f364f54ce27684 · sha256:a9908672b04418b2… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
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