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Vulnerability record · CVE-2026-33706 · published 10 April 2026

CVE-2026-33706: Chamilo lms improper privilege management vulnerability

Chamilo · Chamilo Lms

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.

7.1 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 0.29% · top 80.8% CWE-269 · Improper privilege management
7.1CVSS 3.1 base score
0.29%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://github.com/chamilo/chamilo-lms/commit/0acf8a196307c66c049f97f5ff76cf21c4a08127 Patch
https://github.com/chamilo/chamilo-lms/security/advisories/GHSA-3gqc-xr75-pcpw Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2026-33706), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.