vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: wp-courses: CVE-2024-12172: Missing Authorization
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N) | Dec 11, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | May 15, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N)
Published
Dec 11, 2024
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
May 15, 2025
Description
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.
Solution
wp-courses-plugin-cve-2024-12172
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