# CVE-2024-8349: Uncanny Groups for LearnDash <= 6.1.0.1 - Authenticated (Group Leader+) Privilege Escalation

> Group leaders can escalate privileges to admin by modifying admin email addresses due to insufficient access controls.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 25 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-w3jq-wqph-2fhr

## What is CVE-2024-8349?

CVE-2024-8349 is a high-severity vulnerability in Uncanny Groups for LearnDash, published on 25 Sep 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Uncanny Groups for LearnDash plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 6.1.0.1. This is due to the plugin not properly restricting what users a group leader can edit. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with group leader-level access and above, to change admin account email addresses which can subsequently lead to admin account access.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8349?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Uncannyowl Uncanny Groups for Learndash.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-8349?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8349 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-8349 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8349 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- Authenticated Privilege Escalation to Admin exploiting Uncanny Groups for LearnDash. (github_poc): https://github.com/karlemilnikka/CVE-2024-8349-and-CVE-2024-8350

## Other vulnerabilities in Uncanny Groups for LearnDash

- [CVE-2020-35650](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-35650/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2024-8350](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8350/): Uncanny Groups for LearnDash <= 6.1.0.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Group Leader+) User Group Add (low 2.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-8349 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-8349 is a high-severity vulnerability in Uncanny Groups for LearnDash, published on 25 Sep 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-8349 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Uncanny Groups for LearnDash. 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-2024-8349/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8349/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-8349
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8349
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-8349

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8349/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.