# CVE-2026-120544: Academy LMS <= 4.0.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary HTML File Read via 'id' Parameter in /wp/v2/templates REST Route

Status: published. Published: 2026-11-03. Updated: 2026-11-03.

The Academy LMS – AI Course Builder, Quizzes, Certificates & eLearning plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.1 via the 'id' parameter. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary .html files on the server. The plugin appends a '.html' extension to the attacker-supplied path before reading it, so files with any other extension — including wp-config.php — are out of reach. The file's contents are returned in full in the REST JSON response's content field.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

- kodezen / Academy LMS – AI Course Builder, Quizzes, Certificates & eLearning: ≥ 0; ≤ 4.0.1 (affected, semver). Source: CNA: Wordfence

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 3.1: 4.3 (medium); CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N; source: CNA: Wordfence

- CVSS 3.1: 4.3 (medium); CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N; source: NVD: security@wordfence.com

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: Not available

- SSVC: exploitation none; automatable no; technical impact partial; source ADP: CISA-ADP

- Weaknesses: CWE-22

## Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1f0a1439-d10c-4dfc-9a40-7319debe3c51?source=cve (CNA: Wordfence)

- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/tags/4.0.1/includes/frontend/template/block.php#L50 (CNA: Wordfence)

- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/tags/4.0.1/includes/frontend/template/block.php#L30 (CNA: Wordfence)

- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/tags/4.0.1/includes/frontend/template/block.php#L267 (CNA: Wordfence)

- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/tags/4.0.1/includes/frontend/template/block.php#L12 (CNA: Wordfence)

- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3723396%40academy&new=3723396%40academy (CNA: Wordfence)

- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/tags/4.0.1/includes/frontend/template/block.php#L12 (security@wordfence.com)

- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/tags/4.0.1/includes/frontend/template/block.php#L267 (security@wordfence.com)

- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/tags/4.0.1/includes/frontend/template/block.php#L30 (security@wordfence.com)

- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/academy/tags/4.0.1/includes/frontend/template/block.php#L50 (security@wordfence.com)

- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3723396%40academy&new=3723396%40academy (security@wordfence.com)

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1f0a1439-d10c-4dfc-9a40-7319debe3c51?source=cve (security@wordfence.com)

## Provenance

- CNA: Wordfence: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-120544; retrieved 2026-11-03; source updated 2026-11-03

- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-120544; retrieved 2026-11-03; source updated 2026-11-03

Revision: 4302ccf11d521019db9f64a28a65a7b5a460b388fa02663f4073fb19b0921bba

Canonical: https://y2.dev/cve/CVE-2026-120544

## Agent and API access

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- Cyber API: https://api.y2.dev/api/v2/cyber/cves and https://api.y2.dev/api/v2/cyber/cves/{cveId}.

- Y2 Pro or Elite: create a workspace API key with the intel:cyber scope and send Authorization: Bearer <Y2_API_KEY>. Setup: https://y2.dev/docs/api/create-key.

- x402: Pay per request without an account or API key. Omit Authorization, read the HTTP 402 PAYMENT-REQUIRED challenge, validate its current requirements, and retry with PAYMENT-SIGNATURE through an authorized payment client. These browser tools never make payments. Guide: https://y2.dev/docs/api/x402.

- OpenAPI: https://y2.dev/api/openapi.yaml. Agent access metadata: https://y2.dev/cve/agent.json.

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