First published: Wed Mar 13 2024(Updated: )
The Academy LMS – eLearning and online course solution for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.19. This is due to plugin allowing arbitrary user meta updates through the saved_user_info() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as students, to elevate their user role to that of an administrator.
Credit: security@wordfence.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Academy LMS | <=1.9.19 | |
kodezen Academy LMS | <1.9.20 |
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CVE-2024-1505 has a severity rating that can impact user privileges significantly.
To fix CVE-2024-1505, update the Academy LMS plugin to version 1.9.20 or later.
CVE-2024-1505 affects all versions of the Academy LMS plugin up to and including 1.9.19.
CVE-2024-1505 is a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows arbitrary user meta updates.
Users of the Academy LMS plugin for WordPress versions up to 1.9.19 are affected by CVE-2024-1505.