LearnDash LMS <= 2.5.3 - Arbitrary File Upload

Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
CVE CVE-2018-25019
CVSS High (7.5)
Publicly Published January 6, 2018
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Jerome Bruandet
Description

The LearnDash LMS WordPress plugin before 2.5.4 does not have any authorisation and validation of the file to be uploaded in the learndash_assignment_process_init() function, which could allow unauthenticated users to upload arbitrary files to the web server

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug sfwd-lms (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.5.4
Patched Version
  • 2.5.4
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