LearnPress <= 3.2.6.6 - Privilege Escalation

2020-03-16 00:00

Anonymous

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 3.2.6.8

Affected PluginLearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin for Create and Sell Online Courses

Affected Version<= 3.2.6.6

CVSS7.1High

CVECVE-2020-7916

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Vulnerability Overview

be_teacher in class-lp-admin-ajax.php in the LearnPress plugin 3.2.6.5 and earlier for WordPress allows any registered user to assign itself the teacher role via the wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=learnpress_be_teacher URI without any additional permission checks. Therefore, any user can change its role to an instructor/teacher and gain access to otherwise restricted data.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 3.2.6.8, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: 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.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-7916 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/822b5a6b-0be6-4511-bf5d-c32574f27865

CVSS Vector

7.1

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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