CVE-2024-12172
Dec. 12, 2024, 6:15 a.m.
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CVSS Score
Product(s) Impacted
WP Courses LMS plugin
- up to 3.2.21
Description
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.
Weaknesses
CWE-862
Missing Authorization
The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.
CWE ID: 862Date
Published: Dec. 12, 2024, 6:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Dec. 12, 2024, 6:15 a.m.
Status : Awaiting Analysis
CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.
More infoSource
security@wordfence.com
CVSS Data
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Base Score
Exploitability Score
Impact Score
Base Severity
HIGHCVSS Vector String
The CVSS vector string provides an in-depth view of the vulnerability metrics.
View Vector StringCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N