CVE-2020-7916

be_teacher in class-lp-admin-ajax.php in the LearnPress plugin 3.2.6.5 and earlier for WordPress allows any registered user to assign itself the teacher role via the wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=learnpress_be_teacher URI without any additional permission checks. Therefore, any user can change its role to an instructor/teacher and gain access to otherwise restricted data.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 4.0 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

4.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 8.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://wordpress.org/plugins/learnpress/#developers	Release Notes Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:thimpress:learnpress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2020-03-16 18:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 13:27

NVD link : CVE-2020-7916

Mitre link : CVE-2020-7916

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-7916

JSON object : View

Products Affected

thimpress

learnpress

CWE

CWE-269

Improper Privilege Management

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