CVE-2024-2409 MasterStudy LMS <= 3.3.1 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via stm_lms_register AJAX Action

What is CVE-2024-2409?

CVE-2024-2409 is a critical vulnerability in stylemix MasterStudy LMS WordPress Plugin – for Online Courses and Education, published on 29 Mar 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The MasterStudy LMS plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.1. This is due to insufficient validation checks within the _register_user() function called by the 'wp_ajax_nopriv_stm_lms_register' AJAX action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register a user with administrator-level privileges when MasterStudy LMS Pro is installed and the LMS Forms Editor add-on is enabled.

Weakness: CWE-266

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-2409?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Stylemixthemes Masterstudy Lms.

How do I fix CVE-2024-2409?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-2409 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2024-2409 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-2409 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in stylemix MasterStudy LMS WordPress Plugin – for Online Courses and Education

• CVE-2024-3136 MasterStudy LMS <= 3.3.3 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion via template Critical 9.8
• CVE-2024-2411 MasterStudy LMS <= 3.3.0 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion via modal Critical 9.8
• CVE-2024-1512 MasterStudy LMS WordPress Plugin – for Online Courses and Education <= 3.2.5 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-0441 MasterStudy LMS < 2.7.6 - Unauthenticated Admin Account Creation Critical 9.8
• CVE-2024-5973 MasterStudy LMS < 3.3.24 - Privilege Escalation to Instructor Critical 9.1

Sources

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

Also known as GHSA-62c6-x54m-9q5v.