Academy LMS – eLearning and online course solution for WordPress <= 1.9.19 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation

Improper Privilege Management
CVE CVE-2024-1505
CVSS High (8.8)
Publicly Published February 21, 2024
Last Updated March 13, 2024
Researcher Lucio Sá
Description

The Academy LMS – eLearning and online course solution for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.19. This is due to plugin allowing arbitrary user meta updates through the saved_user_info() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as students, to elevate their user role to that of an administrator.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug academy (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.9.19
Patched Version
  • 1.9.20
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