# CVE-2022-2080: Sensei LMS < 4.5.2 - Arbitrary Private Message Sending via IDOR

> Authenticated users can send arbitrary private messages to any conversation due to missing sender validation in the Sensei LMS plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 29 Aug 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-35xw-38xf-5f44

## What is CVE-2022-2080?

CVE-2022-2080 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Sensei LMS – Online Courses, Quizzes, & Learning, published on 29 Aug 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Sensei LMS WordPress plugin before 4.5.2 does not ensure that the sender of a private message is either the teacher or the original sender, allowing any authenticated user to send messages to arbitrary private conversation via a IDOR attack. Note: Attackers are not able to see responses/messages between the teacher and student

Weakness: CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2080?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Automattic Sensei Lms.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-2080?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-2080 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-2080 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2080 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Sensei LMS – Online Courses, Quizzes, & Learning

- [CVE-2024-7786](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7786/): Sensei LMS < 4.24.2 - Unauthenticated Email Template Leak (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2023-50875](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-50875/): WordPress Sensei LMS Plugin <= 4.17.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2025-0466](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0466/): Sensei LMS < 4.24.4 - Unauthenticated sensei_email/sensei_message Disclosure (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2022-2034](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2034/): Sensei LMS < 4.5.0 - Unauthenticated Private Messages Disclosure via Rest API (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2024-8009](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8009/): Sensei LMS < 4.20.0 - Teacher+ Users Email Address Disclosure (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-2080 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-2080 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Sensei LMS – Online Courses, Quizzes, & Learning, published on 29 Aug 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2080 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown Sensei LMS – Online Courses, Quizzes, & Learning. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2080/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2080/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2080
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2080
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-2080

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2080/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.