Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 4.2.6.4
- Affected Version
<= 4.2.6.3- CVSS
- 6.5Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-285 · Improper Authorization
- CVE
CVE-2024-1289
At a glance
CVE-2024-1289 is a medium-severity Improper Authorization vulnerability in the LearnPress WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 4.2.6.3. It carries a CVSS score of 6.5 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 4.2.6.4; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed April 2024, reported by drop.
Vulnerability Overview
The LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.6.3 due to missing validation on a user controlled key when looking up order information. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers to obtain information on orders placed by other users and guests, which can be leveraged to sign up for paid courses that were purchased by guests. Emails of other users are also exposed.
Technical Analysis
The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.
CWE-285: Improper Authorization
Reaching this weakness in LearnPress <= 4.2.6.3 takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. Improper authorization means a permission check exists but does not cover the case being exercised, so a caller who is allowed to do one thing is allowed to do a neighbouring thing as well.
A lower-privileged account performs an action reserved for a higher one, which on a multi-author or membership site means an ordinary user reaching administrative behaviour. For LearnPress the fix is 4.2.6.4: builds <= 4.2.6.3 are affected, anything from 4.2.6.4 onward is not.
Remediation
Update to version 4.2.6.4, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
Because it turns on account access, WordSec's login security is the relevant layer: role-based two-factor, captcha and brute-force limits raise the cost of getting the account this needs. None of that substitutes for the fix: LearnPress 4.2.6.4 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Login Security
- Alerts
External References
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