Medium severity · published Mar 16, 2020
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…
6.5
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 66% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LE
Learnpress · Thimpress
through 3.2.6.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7916
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-7916
Release Notes
https://wordpress.org/plugins/learnpress/#developers
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