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WordPress Plugin: sfwd-lms: CVE-2023-3105: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jun 27, 2023
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026

Description

The LearnDash LMS plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object References in versions up to, and including, 4.6.0. This is due to the plugin providing user-controlled access to objects, letting a user bypass authorization and access system resources. This makes it possible for attackers with with existing account access at any level, to change user passwords and potentially take over administrator accounts.

Solution

sfwd-lms-plugin-cve-2023-3105
Title
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