CVE-2024-10008 Missing authorization in Masteriyo LMS – Online Course Builder for eLearning, LMS & Education

High 8.8 Published 29 Oct 2024 Updated 8 Apr 2026

Authenticated students can escalate privileges to Administrator or demote admins via missing authorization checks in the Masteriyo LMS plugin.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2024-10008?

CVE-2024-10008 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Masteriyo LMS – Online Course Builder for eLearning, LMS & Education, published on 29 Oct 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Masteriyo LMS – eLearning and Online Course Builder for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized user profile modification due to missing authorization checks on the /wp-json/masteriyo/v1/users/$id REST API endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 1.13.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with student-level access and above, to modify the roles of arbitrary users. As a result, attackers can escalate their privileges to the Administrator and demote existing administrators to students.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-10008?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Masteriyo Masteriyo.

How do I fix CVE-2024-10008?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-10008 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2024-10008 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-10008 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-x599-839j-7f7f.