CVE-2026-33706: CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management in 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.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-33706 is an improper privilege management vulnerability in chamilo-lms before version 1.11.38. Authenticated users with a REST API key can exploit the update_user_from_username endpoint to change their own status field from student (status=5) to Teacher/CourseManager (status=1). This privilege escalation allows unauthorized course creation and management. The vulnerability is addressed in chamilo-lms version 1.11.38.
Potential Impact
An attacker who is an authenticated user with a REST API key can escalate their privileges from student to Teacher or CourseManager. This grants unauthorized capabilities to create and manage courses, potentially compromising the integrity of course content and management within the LMS. There is no indication of impact on confidentiality or availability beyond the privilege escalation.
Mitigation Recommendations
Upgrade chamilo-lms to version 1.11.38 or later, where this vulnerability is fixed. Since the vendor advisory confirms the fix in 1.11.38, applying this official update is the recommended remediation. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor advisory stating the issue is fixed in 1.11.38.
CVE-2026-33706: CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management in chamilo chamilo-lms
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.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-33706 is an improper privilege management vulnerability in chamilo-lms before version 1.11.38. Authenticated users with a REST API key can exploit the update_user_from_username endpoint to change their own status field from student (status=5) to Teacher/CourseManager (status=1). This privilege escalation allows unauthorized course creation and management. The vulnerability is addressed in chamilo-lms version 1.11.38.
Potential Impact
An attacker who is an authenticated user with a REST API key can escalate their privileges from student to Teacher or CourseManager. This grants unauthorized capabilities to create and manage courses, potentially compromising the integrity of course content and management within the LMS. There is no indication of impact on confidentiality or availability beyond the privilege escalation.
Mitigation Recommendations
Upgrade chamilo-lms to version 1.11.38 or later, where this vulnerability is fixed. Since the vendor advisory confirms the fix in 1.11.38, applying this official update is the recommended remediation. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor advisory stating the issue is fixed in 1.11.38.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- GitHub_M
- Date Reserved
- 2026-03-23T17:06:05.747Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 69d94d8f1cc7ad14dae0fae3
Added to database: 4/10/2026, 7:20:47 PM
Last enriched: 4/10/2026, 7:35:52 PM
Last updated: 4/11/2026, 7:33:15 AM
Views: 11
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