Academy LMS – eLearning and online course solution for: Privilege escalation or authentication bypass
Academy LMS – eLearning and online course solution for is affected by privilege escalation or authentication bypass. Exploitation requires an authenticated WordPress account. A successful request can grant permissions or access that the caller should not possess.
- Component
- Academy LMS – eLearning and online course solution for
- Plugin slug
academy-lms- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Mar 13, 2024
This CVE was published Mar 13, 2024 and is one of 2 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Academy LMS – eLearning and online course solution for to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Academy LMS – eLearning and online course solution for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.19. This is due to plugin allowing arbitrary user meta updates through the saved_user_info() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as students, to elevate their user role to that of an administrator.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H