CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2020-7916

be_teacher in class-lp-admin-ajax.php in the LearnPress plugin 3.2.6.5 and earlier for WordPress allows any registered user to assign itself the teacher role via the wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=learnpress_be_teacher URI without any additional permission checks. Therefore, any user can change its role to an instructor/teacher and gain access to otherwise restricted data.

4 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope

6.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://wordpress.org/plugins/learnpress/#developers Release Notes Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:thimpress:learnpress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Information

Published : 2020-03-16 06:15

Updated : 2020-03-20 05:06

NVD link : CVE-2020-7916

Mitre link : CVE-2020-7916

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-269