Masteriyo - LMS <= 1.7.2 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation

2024-04-05 00:00
Steven Julian

Strategic Overview

Vulnerability Overview

The Masteriyo LMS – eLearning and Online Course Builder for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the update_logged_in_user() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to elevate their privileges to that of an administrator.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.7.3, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

External References

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