CVE-2019-15896

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Lifterlms
Vendor
CVE Published:
10 September 2019

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

Summary

An issue was discovered in the LifterLMS plugin through 3.34.5 for WordPress. The upload_import function in the class.llms.admin.import.php script is prone to an unauthenticated options import vulnerability that could lead to privilege escalation (administrator account creation), website redirection, and stored XSS.

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

CVE-2019-15896
Created by RandomRobbieBF

References

https://wordpress.org/plugins/lifterlms/#developers
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https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9871
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https://blog.nintechnet.com/critical-vulnerability-fixed-...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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