# CVE-2024-37094: WordPress MasterStudy LMS plugin <= 3.2.12 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

> Attackers can bypass access controls in MasterStudy LMS to perform unauthorized actions, requiring plugin updates.

- **Severity:** High 8.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vf6f-8rhp-4wfj

## What is CVE-2024-37094?

CVE-2024-37094 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in StylemixThemes MasterStudy LMS, published on 1 Nov 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in StylemixThemes MasterStudy LMS allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.

This issue affects MasterStudy LMS: from n/a through 3.2.12.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-37094?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Stylemixthemes Masterstudy Lms.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-37094?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-37094 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-37094 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-37094 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in StylemixThemes MasterStudy LMS

- [CVE-2024-3136](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3136/): MasterStudy LMS <= 3.3.3 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion via template (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-2409](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2409/): MasterStudy LMS <= 3.3.1 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via stm_lms_register AJAX Action (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-2411](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2411/): MasterStudy LMS <= 3.3.0 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion via modal (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-1512](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1512/): MasterStudy LMS WordPress Plugin – for Online Courses and Education <= 3.2.5 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-0441](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0441/): MasterStudy LMS < 2.7.6 - Unauthenticated Admin Account Creation (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-37094 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-37094 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in StylemixThemes MasterStudy LMS, published on 1 Nov 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-37094 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: StylemixThemes MasterStudy LMS. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37094/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37094/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-37094
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-37094
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-37094

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37094/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.