CVE-2025-11923

Nov. 14, 2025, 4:42 p.m.

8.8
High

Description

The LifterLMS – WP LMS for eLearning, Online Courses, & Quizzes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to allowing them to modify their own role via the REST API. The permission check in the update_item_permissions_check() function returns true when a user updates their own account without verifying the role changes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with student-level access and above, to escalate their privileges to administrator by updating their own roles array via a crafted REST API request. Another endpoint intended for instructors also provides an attack vector. Affected version ranges are 3.5.3-3.41.2, 4.0.0-4.21.3, 5.0.0-5.10.0, 6.0.0-6.11.0, 7.0.0-7.8.7, 8.0.0-8.0.7, 9.0.0-9.0.7, 9.1.0.

Product(s) Impacted

Product Versions
lifterlms
  • *
lifterlms
  • 9.1.0

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-269
Improper Privilege Management
The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/lifterlms/trunk/libraries/lifterlms-rest/includes/abstracts/class-llms-rest-users-controller.php#L721
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/lifterlms/trunk/libraries/lifterlms-rest/includes/server/class-llms-rest-students-controller.php#L386
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3393703%40lifterlms%2Ftrunk&old=3388956%40lifterlms%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cc13d13c-6b79-4bf1-8e77-c8cb836dc0c5?source=cve

Tags

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CWE-269
2025-11-13
CVE-2025-11923

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: Nov. 13, 2025, 4:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Nov. 14, 2025, 4:42 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been marked for Analysis. Normally once in this state the CVE will be analyzed by NVD staff within 24 hours.

More info

Source

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