CVE-2023-6223 LearnPress <= 4.2.5.7 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Information Disclosure

What is CVE-2023-6223?

CVE-2023-6223 is a medium-severity vulnerability in thimpress LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin for Create and Sell Online Courses, published on 11 Jan 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The LearnPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.5.7 via the /wp-json/lp/v1/profile/course-tab REST API due to missing validation on the 'userID' user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to retrieve the details of another user's course progress.

Weakness: CWE-639

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-6223?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Thimpress Learnpress.

How do I fix CVE-2023-6223?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-6223 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2023-6223 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-6223 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in thimpress LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin for Create and Sell Online Courses

• CVE-2024-8522 LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin <= 4.2.7 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via 'c_only_fields' Critical 10.0
• CVE-2024-8529 LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin <= 4.2.7 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via 'c_fields' Critical 10.0
• CVE-2022-45808 WordPress LearnPress Plugin <= 4.1.7.3.2 is vulnerable to SQL Injection Critical 9.9
• CVE-2024-4434 LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin <= 4.2.6.5 - Unauthenticated Time-Based SQL Injection Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-6567 LearnPress <= 4.2.5.7 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via order_by Critical 9.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-fj4r-qrhf-ph96.