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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| chamilo | chamilo-lms | < 1.11.38 |
Updated severity to CRITICAL, noted that the vulnerability is actively exploited, and specified the patch available as version 1.11.38.
Initial creation
