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WordPress Plugin MasterStudy LMS-for Online Courses and Education Security Bypass (3.3.8)

Description

WordPress Plugin MasterStudy LMS-for Online Courses and Education is prone to a security bypass vulnerability. Exploiting this issue may allow attackers to perform otherwise restricted actions and subsequently read and modify content such as course questions, post titles, and taxonomies. WordPress Plugin MasterStudy LMS-for Online Courses and Education version 3.3.8 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.

Remediation

Update to plugin version 3.3.9 or latest

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/masterstudy-lms-learning-management-system/masterstudy-lms-wordpress-plugin-for-online-courses-and-education-338-missing-authorization

https://docs.stylemixthemes.com/masterstudy-lms/changelog-free-version#id-3.3.9

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2024-3942 CWE-862 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Tags

Missing Update Authentication Bypass

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