Unauthorized User Profile Modification Vulnerability in Masteriyo LMS
CVE-2024-10008
6.5MEDIUM
Key Information:
- Vendor
Wordpress
- Vendor
- CVE Published:
- 29 October 2024
What is CVE-2024-10008?
The Masteriyo LMS plugin for WordPress contains a vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers with student-level access and higher to modify user roles due to a lack of proper authorization checks on the /wp-json/masteriyo/v1/users/$id REST API endpoint. This issue affects all versions up to and including 1.13.3. Exploitation of this vulnerability permits attackers to escalate their privileges to that of an Administrator and potentially demote existing administrators to a lower access level, compromising the security and integrity of the affected WordPress installations.
Affected Version(s)
Masteriyo LMS – eLearning and Online Course Builder for WordPress * <= 1.13.3