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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-12172
CVE-2024-12172:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The WP Courses LMS – Online Courses Builder, eLearning Courses, Courses Solution, Education Courses plugin for WordPress contains a vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-12172. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on December 12, 2024, affecting all versions up to and including 3.2.21. The issue stems from a missing capability check in the wpcupdateusermetaoption() function, which creates an unauthorized access vulnerability (NVD Database).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) and has received a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 7.5 (HIGH). The vulnerability vector is CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N, indicating network accessibility, low attack complexity, and high impact on integrity (NVD Database).
Impact
The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access or higher to update arbitrary user's metadata. This can be leveraged to block administrator access to their site by setting wp_capabilities to 0, effectively creating a denial of service condition for administrative users (NVD Database).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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