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CVE-2024-43239:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
An Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability (CVE-2024-43239) was discovered in the WordPress Masteriyo LMS plugin affecting versions through 1.11.4. The vulnerability was reported on July 4, 2024, and publicly disclosed on August 12, 2024 (Patchstack).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as an Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) issue, which falls under the OWASP Top 10 category A1: Broken Access Control. It received a CVSS v3.1 score of 4.3 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N. The vulnerability requires Masteriyo Student privilege level for exploitation (Patchstack).
Impact
The vulnerability could potentially allow a malicious actor to bypass authorization and authentication mechanisms, potentially leading to unauthorized access to sensitive files, folders, or database interactions (Patchstack).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been fixed in version 1.11.5 of the Masteriyo LMS plugin. Users are advised to update to version 1.11.5 or later to remediate the security issue (Patchstack).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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