CVE-2026-33706
HIGHChamilo LMS has a REST API Self-Privilege Escalation (Student → Teacher)
Title source: cnaDescription
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.
Scores
CVSS v3
7.1
EPSS
0.0003
EPSS Percentile
8.5%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-269
Status
published
Products (2)
chamilo/chamilo-lms
< 1.11.38
chamilo/chamilo_lms
< 1.11.38
Published
Apr 10, 2026
Tracked Since
Apr 11, 2026