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 (CWE-269) in chamilo-lms before version 1.11.38. Authenticated users possessing a REST API key can exploit the update_user_from_username endpoint to change their own status field. This allows a student (status=5) to escalate privileges to Teacher or CourseManager (status=1), thereby gaining unauthorized course creation and management rights. The vulnerability is addressed in chamilo-lms version 1.11.38.
Potential Impact
Exploitation of this vulnerability allows an authenticated user with a REST API key to elevate their privileges from student to teacher or course manager. This unauthorized privilege escalation can lead to unauthorized course creation and management, potentially compromising the integrity and administration of the learning management system. There is no indication of impact on confidentiality beyond limited information disclosure, nor on availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
This vulnerability is fixed in chamilo-lms version 1.11.38. Users and administrators should upgrade to version 1.11.38 or later to remediate this issue. No other official remediation or temporary fixes are documented. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor's versioning information.
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 (CWE-269) in chamilo-lms before version 1.11.38. Authenticated users possessing a REST API key can exploit the update_user_from_username endpoint to change their own status field. This allows a student (status=5) to escalate privileges to Teacher or CourseManager (status=1), thereby gaining unauthorized course creation and management rights. The vulnerability is addressed in chamilo-lms version 1.11.38.
Potential Impact
Exploitation of this vulnerability allows an authenticated user with a REST API key to elevate their privileges from student to teacher or course manager. This unauthorized privilege escalation can lead to unauthorized course creation and management, potentially compromising the integrity and administration of the learning management system. There is no indication of impact on confidentiality beyond limited information disclosure, nor on availability.
Mitigation Recommendations
This vulnerability is fixed in chamilo-lms version 1.11.38. Users and administrators should upgrade to version 1.11.38 or later to remediate this issue. No other official remediation or temporary fixes are documented. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor's versioning information.
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: 4/18/2026, 2:22:33 PM
Last updated: 5/26/2026, 1:37:54 PM
Views: 61
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