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…

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.000 (10.5th 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

https://github.com/chamilo/chamilo-lms/security/advisories/GHSA-3gqc-xr75-pcpw (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
https://github.com/chamilo/chamilo-lms/commit/0acf8a196307c66c049f97f5ff76cf21c4a08127 (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.