# CVE-2024-7786: Sensei LMS < 4.24.2 - Unauthenticated Email Template Leak

> Unauthenticated attackers can access sensitive email templates via unprotected REST API routes in the Sensei LMS WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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:** 4 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 27 Aug 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jwxp-gwr3-g9q3

## What is CVE-2024-7786?

CVE-2024-7786 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Sensei LMS, published on 4 Sep 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Sensei LMS  WordPress plugin before 4.24.2 does not properly protect some its REST API routes, allowing unauthenticated attackers to leak email templates.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-7786?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Automattic Sensei Lms.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-7786?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-7786 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-7786 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-7786 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Sensei LMS < 4.24.2 - Email Template Leak (nuclei): http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-7786.yaml

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Sensei LMS

- [CVE-2023-50875](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-50875/): WordPress Sensei LMS Plugin <= 4.17.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2025-0466](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0466/): Sensei LMS < 4.24.4 - Unauthenticated sensei_email/sensei_message Disclosure (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2022-2034](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2034/): Sensei LMS < 4.5.0 - Unauthenticated Private Messages Disclosure via Rest API (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2024-8009](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8009/): Sensei LMS < 4.20.0 - Teacher+ Users Email Address Disclosure (medium 4.3)
- [CVE-2022-2080](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2080/): Sensei LMS < 4.5.2 - Arbitrary Private Message Sending via IDOR (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-7786 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-7786 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Sensei LMS, published on 4 Sep 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-7786 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Sensei 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-2024-7786/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7786/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-7786
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7786
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-7786

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7786/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.