MasterStudy LMS < 2.7.6 - Unauthenticated Admin Account Creation

9.8
Improper Privilege Management
CVE CVE-2022-0441
CVSS 9.8 (Critical)
Publicly Published February 1, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Numan Türle

Description

The MasterStudy LMS WordPress plugin before 2.7.6 does to validate some parameters given when registering a new account, allowing unauthenticated users to register as an admin

Wordfence blocked 48 attacks targeting this vulnerability in the past 24 hours.

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Vulnerability Details for MasterStudy LMS WordPress Plugin – for Online Courses and Education

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug masterstudy-lms-learning-management-system (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 2.7.6, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 2.7.5
Patched Version
  • 2.7.6

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