CVE-2020-7916
LearnPress <= 3.2.6.6 - Privilege Escalation
highImproper Privilege Management
7.1
CVSS Score
7.1
CVSS Score
high
Severity
3.2.6.8
Patched in
1408d
Time to patch
Description
be_teacher in class-lp-admin-ajax.php in the LearnPress plugin 3.2.6.5 and earlier for WordPress allows any registered user to assign itself the teacher role via the wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=learnpress_be_teacher URI without any additional permission checks. Therefore, any user can change its role to an instructor/teacher and gain access to otherwise restricted data.
CVSS Vector Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:NAttack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
High
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
Technical Details
Affected versions
<=3.2.6.6PublishedMarch 16, 2020
Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024
Affected pluginlearnpress
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