CVE-2024-12172

High

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductWP Courses LMS – Online Courses Builder, eLearning Courses, Courses Solution, Education Courses
PublishedDec 12, 2024
First seenDec 12, 2024

How to fix

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

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
hookandhook WP Courses LMS – Online Courses Builder, eLearning Courses, Courses Solution, Education Coursesv ≤ 3.2.21—

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