Vulnerability · Published Apr 10, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2026-33706Chamilo LMS has a REST API Self-Privilege Escalation (Student → Teacher)
High 7.1
In plain English
A high-severity privilege mismanagement in chamilo-lms from chamilo. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 6% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.1High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 93.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| chamilo | chamilo-lms | < 1.11.38 |
Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N