CVE-2024-12172: WP Courses LMS – Online Courses Builder, eLearning Courses, Courses Solution, Education Courses <= 3.2.21 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary User Meta Update
hookandhook · WP Courses LMS – Online Courses Builder, eLearning Courses, Courses Solution, E…
Affected: hookandhook WP Courses LMS – Online Courses Builder, eLearning Courses, Courses Solution, E… · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
Higher than 56% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
The WP Courses LMS – Online Courses Builder, eLearning Courses, Courses Solution, Education Courses plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the wpc_update_user_meta_option() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.21. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update arbitrary user's metadata which can be levereged to block an administrator from accessing their site when wp_capabilities is set to 0.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- hookandhook · WP Courses LMS – Online Courses Builder, eLearning Courses, Courses Solution, Education Coursesup to and including 3.2.21
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- hookandhook
- Published
- December 2024
CoverageNo articles yet
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