Creator LMS – Online Courses and eLearning Plugin <= 1.1.18 — Authenticated (Contributor+) Privilege Escalation
CVE-2026-32530Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤1.1.18Update to 1.1.19 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High8.8
- CVSS
- 8.8CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Creator LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin for Coaches, Cohorts & Course Creators creatorlms
- Affected≤ 1.1.18
- Patched in1.1.19
Update to 1.1.19 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 1.1.18. Version 1.1.19 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Creator LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin for Coaches, Cohorts & Course Creators.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 1.1.19, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Creator LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin for Coaches, Cohorts & Course Creators to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to daroo.
The Creator LMS – Online Courses and eLearning Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.18. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to elevate their privileges to that of an administrator.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in Creator LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin for Coaches, Cohorts & Course Creators
All 7| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| High8.8 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary File Upload ≤1.2.21Update to 1.2.22 | CVE-2026-62129 | |
| Medium5.3 | Missing Authorization ≤1.2.21Update to 1.2.22 | CVE-2026-62128 | |
| Medium6.3 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) Free Paid Course Enrollment ≤1.2.19Update to 1.2.20 | CVE-2026-62083 | |
| Medium6.5 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Path Traversal ≤1.2.19Update to 1.2.20 | CVE-2026-97244 | |
| High8.8 | Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary Options Update ≤1.1.12Update to 1.1.13 | CVE-2025-15347 |
- High8.8Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary File Upload
≤1.2.21Update to 1.2.22
- Medium5.3Missing Authorization
≤1.2.21Update to 1.2.22
- Medium6.3Authenticated (Subscriber+) Free Paid Course Enrollment
≤1.2.19Update to 1.2.20
- Medium6.5Authenticated (Contributor+) Path Traversal
≤1.2.19Update to 1.2.20
- High8.8Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary Options Update
≤1.1.12Update to 1.1.13
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 8.8
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
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- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.