{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12172 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12172 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"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."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2024-12172 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: 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.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12172 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: hookandhook WP Courses LMS – Online Courses Builder, eLearning Courses, Courses Solution, Education Courses. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12172/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12172/index.md)","id":"CVE-2024-12172","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12172/index.md","name":"CVE-2024-12172","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-9q7v-rrcv-j2hh"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["data_modify","denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WordPress plugin","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Authenticated subscribers can update arbitrary user metadata, potentially blocking administrators from accessing the site.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"missing_authorization"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Wordfence","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":7.5,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-862","name":"Missing Authorization"}],"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":"2024-12-16","github_poc":1,"max_poc_stars":0,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[{"date":"2024-12-16T23:39:17Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/RandomRobbieBF/CVE-2024-12172","stars":0,"title":"WP Courses LMS – Online Courses Builder, eLearning Courses, Courses Solution, Education Courses \u003c= 3.2.21 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary User Meta Update"}],"tier":"poc_unverified"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Missing authorization in WP Courses LMS – Online Courses Builder, eLearning Courses, Courses Solution, Education Courses","id":"CVE-2024-12172","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"missing_authorization","year":"2024"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"Master Slider \u003c 3.10.5 - Editor+ Stored XSS","id":"CVE-2024-12173"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Missing authorization in ELEX WordPress HelpDesk \u0026 Customer Ticketing System","id":"CVE-2024-12171"},"products":["WP Courses LMS – Online Courses Builder, eLearning Courses, Courses Solution, Education Courses"],"published":"2024-12-12","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"},{"class":"open","licence":"CC0","name":"PoC-in-GitHub"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"yes","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-04-08","vendors":["hookandhook"]},"summary":"Authenticated subscribers can update arbitrary user metadata, potentially blocking administrators from accessing the site.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12172/"}