Academy LMS – eLearning and online course solution for WordPress <= 1.9.19 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation

8.8
Improper Privilege Management
CVE CVE-2024-1505
CVSS 8.8 (High)
Publicly Published February 21, 2024
Last Updated March 13, 2024
Researcher Lucio Sá

Description

The Academy LMS – eLearning and online course solution for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.19. This is due to plugin allowing arbitrary user meta updates through the saved_user_info() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as students, to elevate their user role to that of an administrator.

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Vulnerability Details for Academy LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin for Complete eLearning Solution

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug academy (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.9.20, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 1.9.19
Patched Version
  • 1.9.20

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