WP Courses LMS <= 3.2.3 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Options Update

8.8
Missing Authorization
CVSS 8.8 (High)
Publicly Published November 14, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024

Description

The WP Courses LMS – Online Courses Builder, eLearning Courses, Courses Solution, Education Courses plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to missing capability check on the wpc_save_fe_option() function hooked via AJAX in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to update arbitrary options which can be used to achieve privilege escalation on most instances.

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Vulnerability Details for WP Courses LMS – Online Courses Builder, eLearning Courses, Courses Solution, Education Courses

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-courses (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 3.2.4, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 3.2.3
Patched Version
  • 3.2.4

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