CVE-2024-5973
MasterStudy LMS WordPress Plugin – for Online Courses and Education <= 3.3.23 - Unauthenticated Limited Privilege Escalation to Instructor
highImproper Privilege Management
7.3
CVSS Score
7.3
CVSS Score
high
Severity
3.3.24
Patched in
40d
Time to patch
Description
The MasterStudy LMS WordPress Plugin – for Online Courses and Education plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to limited privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.23. This is due to insufficient role restrictions when registering through the stm_lms_register AJAX endpoint. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register on sites with Instructor level access.
CVSS Vector Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:LAttack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Low
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Technical Details
Affected versions
<=3.3.23PublishedJuly 1, 2024
Last updatedAugust 9, 2024
Affected pluginmasterstudy-lms-learning-management-system
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