CVE-2020-7916

Medium

Description

be_teacher in class-lp-admin-ajax.php in the LearnPress plugin 3.2.6.5 and earlier for WordPress allows any registered user to assign itself the teacher role via the wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=learnpress_be_teacher URI without any additional permission checks. Therefore, any user can change its role to an instructor/teacher and gain access to otherwise restricted data.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.5
Exploit probability66. percentile1.1%
ProductThimpress Learnpress
PublishedMar 16, 2020
First seenMar 16, 2020

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
thimpress learnpressv ≤ 3.2.6.5—

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