Description

WordPress Plugin MasterStudy LMS-for Online Courses and Education is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability. Exploiting this issue may allow attackers to bypass the expected capabilities check and perform otherwise restricted actions; other attacks are also possible. WordPress Plugin MasterStudy LMS-for Online Courses and Education version 3.3.1 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 3.3.2 or latest

References

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2024/04/937-bounty-awarded-for-privilege-escalation-and-local-file-inclusion-vulnerabilities-patched-in-masterstudy-lms-wordpress-plugin/

https://docs.stylemixthemes.com/masterstudy-lms/changelog-free-version#id-3.3.2

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2024-2409 CWE-269 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update Privilege Escalation