8.8
HIGH
CVE-2024-10008
Masteriyo LMS WordPress Plugin Role Escalation Vulnerability
Description

The Masteriyo LMS – eLearning and Online Course Builder for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized user profile modification due to missing authorization checks on the /wp-json/masteriyo/v1/users/$id REST API endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 1.13.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with student-level access and above, to modify the roles of arbitrary users. As a result, attackers can escalate their privileges to the Administrator and demote existing administrators to students.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 29, 2024, 6:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 29, 2024, 2:34 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2024-10008 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Masteriyo LMS – eLearning and Online Course Builder for WordPress <= 1.13.3 - Authenticated (Student+) Missing Authorization to Privilege Escalation

Updated: 2 weeks ago
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Born at : Nov. 9, 2024, 4:48 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

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  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Oct. 29, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description The Masteriyo LMS – eLearning and Online Course Builder for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized user profile modification due to missing authorization checks on the /wp-json/masteriyo/v1/users/$id REST API endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 1.13.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with student-level access and above, to modify the roles of arbitrary users. As a result, attackers can escalate their privileges to the Administrator and demote existing administrators to students.
    Added Reference Wordfence https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0c54166e-2af2-409d-8c67-9c07f2028543?source=cve [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Wordfence https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/learning-management-system/tags/1.13.3//includes/RestApi/Controllers/Version1/UsersController.php#L1726 [No types assigned]
    Added CWE Wordfence CWE-862
    Added CVSS V3.1 Wordfence AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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