SQL Injection Vulnerability in LifterLMS Plugin Allows Attackers to Extract Sensitive Information
CVE-2024-4743

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Lifterlms – WP Lms For Elearning, Online Courses, & Quizzes
Vendor
CVE Published:
5 June 2024

What is CVE-2024-4743?

The LifterLMS plugin for WordPress has a vulnerability that allows authenticated users with Contributor-level access and higher to exploit the orderBy parameter in the lifterlms_favorites shortcode. This issue arises from insufficient escaping and inadequate preparation of the SQL query, permitting attackers to inject additional SQL commands. Consequently, this manipulation could lead to unauthorized access to sensitive information stored within the database.

Affected Version(s)

LifterLMS – WP LMS for eLearning, Online Courses, & Quizzes 0 <= 7.6.2

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&s...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

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