CVE-2024-10008

Oct. 29, 2024, 2:34 p.m.

8.8
High

Description

The Masteriyo LMS – eLearning and Online Course Builder for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized user profile modification due to missing authorization checks on the /wp-json/masteriyo/v1/users/$id REST API endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 1.13.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with student-level access and above, to modify the roles of arbitrary users. As a result, attackers can escalate their privileges to the Administrator and demote existing administrators to students.

Product(s) Impacted

Product Versions
Masteriyo LMS – eLearning and Online Course Builder for WordPress plugin
  • ['up to 1.13.3']

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-862
Missing Authorization
The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/learning-management-system/tags/1.13.3//includes/RestApi/Controllers/Version1/UsersController.php#L1726
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0c54166e-2af2-409d-8c67-9c07f2028543?source=cve

Tags

security@wordfence.com
CWE-862
2024-10-29
CVE-2024-10008

CVSS Score

8.8 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: LOW
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
  • Integrity Impact: HIGH
  • Availability Impact: HIGH

    • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Timeline

Published: Oct. 29, 2024, 6:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Oct. 29, 2024, 2:34 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

security@wordfence.com

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