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GHSA-94P8-7W5J-WVCJ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-11-13 06:30 – Updated: 2025-11-13 06:30

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The LifterLMS – WP LMS for eLearning, Online Courses, & Quizzes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to allowing them to modify their own role via the REST API. The permission check in the update_item_permissions_check() function returns true when a user updates their own account without verifying the role changes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with student-level access and above, to escalate their privileges to administrator by updating their own roles array via a crafted REST API request. Another endpoint intended for instructors also provides an attack vector. Affected version ranges are 3.5.3-3.41.2, 4.0.0-4.21.3, 5.0.0-5.10.0, 6.0.0-6.11.0, 7.0.0-7.8.7, 8.0.0-8.0.7, 9.0.0-9.0.7, 9.1.0.

Severity

8.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2025-11923 (GCVE-0-2025-11923)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-11-13 03:27 – Updated: 2025-11-13 14:34

Title

LifterLMS – WP LMS for eLearning, Online Courses, & Quizzes - Various Versions - Authenticated (Student+) Privilege Escalation

Summary

Severity

8.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-11-13 14:27 UTC

CWE

CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management

Assigner

Wordfence mitre root

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/lifter…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/lifter…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
chrisbadgett	LifterLMS – WP LMS for eLearning, Online Courses, & Quizzes	Affected: 3.5.3 , ≤ 3.41.1 (semver) Affected: 4.0.0 , ≤ 4.21.3 (semver) Affected: 5.0.0 , ≤ 5.10.0 (semver) Affected: 6.0.0 , ≤ 6.11.0 (semver) Affected: 7.0.0 , ≤ 7.8.7 (semver) Affected: 8.0.0 , ≤ 8.0.7 (semver) Affected: 9.0.0 , ≤ 9.0.7 (semver) Affected: 9.1.0

Credits

Angus Girvan

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