CVE-2024-1505 Privilege escalation in Academy LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin for Complete eLearning Solution
Authenticated users can escalate privileges to administrator by exploiting arbitrary user meta updates in the Academy 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-2024-1505?
CVE-2024-1505 is a high-severity vulnerability in kodezen Academy LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin for Complete eLearning Solution, published on 13 Mar 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Academy LMS – eLearning and online course solution for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.19. This is due to plugin allowing arbitrary user meta updates through the saved_user_info() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as students, to elevate their user role to that of an administrator.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1505?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Kodezen Academy Lms.
How do I fix CVE-2024-1505?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1505 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-1505 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1505 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in kodezen Academy LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin for Complete eLearning Solution
- CVE-2024-33912 WordPress Academy LMS plugin <= 1.9.16 - Broken Access Control on Paid Courses vulnerability
- CVE-2024-35171 WordPress Academy LMS plugin <= 1.9.25 - Sensitive Data Exposure vulnerability
- CVE-2024-38701 WordPress Academy LMS plugin <= 2.0.4 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
- CVE-2024-32714 WordPress Academy LMS plugin <= 1.9.16 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-grmc-pw34-vq48.