CVE-2024-5648 LearnDash LMS - Reports Free <= 1.8.2.1 - Missing Authorization to Plugin Settings Update
Authenticated subscribers can modify LearnDash Reports plugin settings due to missing capability checks, allowing unauthorized configuration changes.
- 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-2024-5648?
CVE-2024-5648 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in stellarwp LearnDash LMS – Reports, published on 9 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The LearnDash LMS – Reports plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on several functions (i.e. wrld_set_configuration, wrld_exclude_settings_save, apply_time_tracking_settings, wp_ajax_wrld_gutenberg_block_visit, etc..) in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.2.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to update various plugin settings.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5648?
How do I fix CVE-2024-5648?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5648 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-2024-5648 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5648 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p6rh-qv29-5wfx.