CVE-2024-12172 Missing authorization in WP Courses LMS – Online Courses Builder, eLearning Courses, Courses Solution, Education Courses
Authenticated subscribers can update arbitrary user metadata, potentially blocking administrators from accessing the site.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-12172?
CVE-2024-12172 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in hookandhook WP Courses LMS – Online Courses Builder, eLearning Courses, Courses Solution, Education Courses, published on 12 Dec 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The WP Courses LMS – Online Courses Builder, eLearning Courses, Courses Solution, Education Courses plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the wpc_update_user_meta_option() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.21. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update arbitrary user's metadata which can be levereged to block an administrator from accessing their site when wp_capabilities is set to 0.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12172?
How do I fix CVE-2024-12172?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12172 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-2024-12172 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12172 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9q7v-rrcv-j2hh.