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ghsa-9q7v-rrcv-j2hh

Vulnerability from github

Published

2024-12-12 06:30

Modified

2024-12-12 06:30

Severity ?

7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

The WP Courses LMS – Online Courses Builder, eLearning Courses, Courses Solution, Education Courses plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the wpc_update_user_meta_option() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.21. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update arbitrary user's metadata which can be levereged to block an administrator from accessing their site when wp_capabilities is set to 0.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-12172"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
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      "CWE-862"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-12-12T06:15:23Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
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  "id": "GHSA-9q7v-rrcv-j2hh",
  "modified": "2024-12-12T06:30:51Z",
  "published": "2024-12-12T06:30:51Z",
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    },
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      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=\u0026sfph_mail=\u0026reponame=\u0026old=3203679%40wp-courses\u0026new=3203679%40wp-courses\u0026sfp_email=\u0026sfph_mail="
    },
    {
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      "url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/760e999e-cac9-493f-9737-ad0cf055c880?source=cve"
    }
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

cve-2024-12172

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2024-12-12 05:24

Modified

2024-12-12 14:50

Severity ?

7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Summary

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/760e999e-cac9-493f-9737-ad0cf055c880?source=cve
	https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3203679%40wp-courses&new=3203679%40wp-courses&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

▼

hookandhook

WP Courses LMS – Online Courses Builder, eLearning Courses, Courses Solution, Education Courses

Version: * ≤ 3.2.21

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Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or seen somewhere by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability is confirmed from an analyst perspective.
Exploited: This vulnerability was exploited and seen by the user reporting the sighting.
Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.

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