LMS by LifterLMS – Online Course, Membership & Learning Management System Plugin for WordPress < 4.21.2 - Insecure Direct Object Reference

2021-05-17 00:00

Amirmohammad vakili

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 4.21.2

Affected PluginLifterLMS – WP LMS for eLearning, Online Courses, & Quizzes

Affected Version< 4.21.2

CVSS7.5High

CVECVE-2021-24562

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Vulnerability Overview

The LMS by LifterLMS – Online Course, Membership & Learning Management System Plugin for WordPress plugin before 4.21.2 was affected by an IDOR issue, allowing students to see other student answers and grades

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 4.21.2, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key) The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24562 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a9057fc2-f346-47e5-964a-f3c5b1653c03

CVSS Vector

7.5

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

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