What is CVE-2025-15521?

CVE-2025-15521 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Kodezen Academy Lms – Wordpress Plugin For Complete Elearning Solution, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-01-21.

How severe is CVE-2025-15521?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-15521 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Auth bypass in Kodezen Academy Lms – Wordpress Plugin For Complete Elearning Solution

CVE-2025-15521

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 vali…

Vulnerability class: IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference)

EPSS: 0.004 (27.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Kodezen Academy Lms – Wordpress Plugin For Complete Elearning Solution — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-639 — Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

Public proof-of-concept exploits

Nxploited/CVE-2025-15521

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-15521?: CVE-2025-15521 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Kodezen Academy Lms – Wordpress Plugin For Complete Elearning Solution, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-01-21.
How severe is CVE-2025-15521?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-15521 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.