CVE-2025-15521

Estado: AplazadaCrítica (9.8)—

The Academy LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin for Complete eLearning Solution plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.0. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their password and relying solely on a publicly-exposed nonce for authorization. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change arbitrary user's password, including administrators, and gain access to their account.

CVSS

Versión: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Puntuación base: 9.8

Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)

Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.40%
Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 32
Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).

🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK

Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.

ExplotaciónT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Applicationinitial access95 %
Impacto principalT1098.002 Additional Email Delegate Permissionspersistence · privilege escalation90 %
Impacto secundarioT1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalationprivilege escalation85 %

Vulnerabilidad remota sin autenticación (AV:N, PR:N, UI:N) en plugin WordPress: cambio de contraseña de usuarios arbitrarios mediante nonce insuficiente. Permite takeover de cuentas admin (T1098.002) y escalada (T1068).

Inferido por nuestro agente de análisis a partir de la descripción oficial, el vector CVSS y la CWE, y comprobado por un supervisor. Puede contener errores.

🛡️ Mitigaciones ATT&CK que cubren estas técnicas

Privileged Account Management Application Isolation and Sandboxing Exploit Protection Update Software Vulnerability Scanning Threat Intelligence Program

Tecnologías afectadas (1)

⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.

Academy LMS — Academy LMS^AI

CWE

CWE-639

Referencias

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