CVE-2024-56045

WPLMS < 1.9.9.5 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Directory Deletion

2024-12-17 00:00
Rafie Muhammad

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 1.9.9.5
Affected Theme
WPLMS Learning Management System for WordPress, WordPress LMS
Affected Version
< 1.9.9.5
CVSS
8.2High
Weakness type
CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVE
CVE-2024-56045
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At a glance

CVE-2024-56045 is a high-severity Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in the WPLMS Learning Management System for WordPress, WordPress LMS WordPress theme, affecting versions < 1.9.9.5. It carries a CVSS score of 8.2 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high availability impact). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 1.9.9.5; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed December 2024, reported by Rafie Muhammad.

Vulnerability Overview

The WPLMS Learning Management System for WordPress, WordPress LMS theme for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary directory deletion due to insufficient file path validation in all versions up to 1.9.9.5 (exclusive). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary directories on the server.

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. A successful exploit has high impact on availability.

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Reaching this weakness in WPLMS Learning Management System for WordPress, WordPress LMS < 1.9.9.5 takes no account at all. Path traversal happens when user-controlled text is used to build a filesystem path without being constrained to an intended directory, so sequences like ../ walk the resolved path somewhere else.

Depending on the operation, it means reading files outside the intended folder — wp-config.php being the usual target — or writing to and deleting paths the web server can touch. For WPLMS Learning Management System for WordPress, WordPress LMS the fix is 1.9.9.5: builds < 1.9.9.5 are affected, anything from 1.9.9.5 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 1.9.9.5, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

Requests carrying this pattern arrive without a session, so nothing upstream of the firewall gets a chance to reject them: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: WPLMS Learning Management System for WordPress, WordPress LMS 1.9.9.5 closes this, and updating the theme is the step that ends it.

  • Firewall
  • Login Security
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-56045https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e8a704b5-6db3-4197-bf03-c64f0508bcf1https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56045

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