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 5, 2026 |
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 5, 2026
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
References
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12172
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/760e999e-cac9-493f-9737-ad0cf055c880?source=api-prod
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2024-50647
- CVE-2024-12172
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2024-12172
- CWE-862
- EUVD-EUVD-2024-50647
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