FKIE_CVE-2024-12596

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2024-12-18 04:15 - Updated: 2025-07-11 21:23
Severity ?
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Summary
The LifterLMS – WP LMS for eLearning, Online Courses, & Quizzes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary post deletion due to a missing capability check on the 'llms_delete_cert' action in all versions up to, and including, 7.8.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to delete arbitrary posts.
References
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3208662/lifterlms/trunk/includes/abstracts/llms-abstract-controller-user-engagements.phpPatch
security@wordfence.comhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3208662/lifterlms/trunk/includes/controllers/class.llms.controller.certificates.phpPatch
security@wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8e75a03b-7552-4228-a4d0-13c78d20f6d5?source=cveThird Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
lifterlms lifterlms *
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  "lastModified": "2025-07-11T21:23:39.087",
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