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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2024-8009

CVE-2024-8009: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Sensei LMS WordPress plugin before version 4.20.0 contains a vulnerability that discloses all users of the blog including their email addresses to teachers on the students page. The vulnerability was discovered by Li Xuhang and was publicly disclosed on December 14, 2023 (WPScan).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as an Incorrect Authorization issue (CWE-863) and falls under the OWASP Top 10 category A5: Broken Access Control. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS score of 4.3 (medium). The issue occurs when teachers access the students page at the URL path '/wp-admin/admin.php?page=sensei_learners', which inappropriately reveals all users' information including email addresses (WPScan).

Impact

When exploited, this vulnerability allows teachers to view email addresses and other information of all users in the blog, potentially compromising user privacy and leading to unauthorized access to personal information (WPScan).

Mitigation and workarounds

The vulnerability has been fixed in Sensei LMS version 4.20.0. Site administrators are advised to update to this version or later to prevent unauthorized access to user email addresses (WPScan).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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