LearnPress <= 3.2.6.6 - Privilege Escalation

Improper Privilege Management
CVE CVE-2020-7916
CVSS High (7.1)
Publicly Published March 16, 2020
Last Updated January 22, 2024
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.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug learnpress (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.2.6.6
Patched Version
  • 3.2.6.8
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