What is CVE-2026-33706?

CVE-2026-33706 is a high-severity vulnerability in Chamilo Chamilo-Lms, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2026-04-10.

How severe is CVE-2026-33706?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Chamilo Chamilo-Lms

CVE-2026-33706

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.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.002 (6.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Chamilo Chamilo-lms — versions < 1.11.38
Chamilo Chamilo_lms

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
security-advisories@github.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-33706?: CVE-2026-33706 is a high-severity vulnerability in Chamilo Chamilo-Lms, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2026-04-10.
How severe is CVE-2026-33706?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.