LifterLMS – WP LMS for eLearning, Online Courses, & Quizzes: A security weakness
LifterLMS – WP LMS for eLearning, Online Courses, & Quizzes is affected by a security weakness. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- LifterLMS – WP LMS for eLearning, Online Courses, & Quizzes
- Plugin slug
lifterlms- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Mar 19, 2025
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Mar 19, 2025 and is one of 16 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update LifterLMS – WP LMS for eLearning, Online Courses, & Quizzes 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 LifterLMS – WP LMS for eLearning, Online Courses, & Quizzes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Unauthenticated Post Trashing due to a missing capability check on the delete_access_plan function and the related AJAX calls in all versions up to, and including, 8.0.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change status to "Trash" for every published post, therefore limiting the availability of the website's content.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N