WordPress security changelog
HIGH CVE-2024-4397 Modified

LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin: Dangerous file upload

LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin is affected by dangerous file upload. Exploitation requires an authenticated WordPress account. Successful exploitation can place attacker-controlled executable content on the server and may lead to full site compromise.

CVE / CNA score 8.8 CVSS 3.1 · security@wordfence.com
NVD score Pending NVD has not published its own CVSS assessment.
Component
LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin
Plugin slug
learnpress
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
May 14, 2024
Weakness
CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

This CVE was published May 14, 2024 and is one of 67 known issues for this plugin.

What to do

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin 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.

Source record

Technical description

The LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the 'save_post_materials' function in versions up to, and including, 4.2.6.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Instructor-level permissions and above, to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.

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

References

Primary and upstream sources