MasterStudy LMS < 2.7.6 - Unauthenticated Admin Account Creation

Improper Privilege Management

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE	CVE-2022-0441
CVSS	Critical (9.8)
Publicly Published	February 1, 2022
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	Numan Türle

Description

The MasterStudy LMS WordPress plugin before 2.7.6 does to validate some parameters given when registering a new account, allowing unauthenticated users to register as an admin

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	masterstudy-lms-learning-management-system (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 2.7.5
Patched Version	2.7.6

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