WP Courses <= 2.0.28 - Improper Access Controls

Improper Access Control
CVE CVE-2020-26876
CVSS High (7.5)
Publicly Published September 28, 2020
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Red Timmy
Description

The wp-courses plugin through 2.0.27 for WordPress allows remote attackers to bypass the intended payment step (for course videos and materials) by using the /wp-json REST API, as exploited in the wild in September 2020. This occurs because show_in_rest is enabled for custom post types (e.g., /wp-json/wp/v2/course and /wp-json/wp/v2/lesson exist).

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-courses (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.0.28
Patched Version
  • 2.0.29
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