CVE-2024-12172
WP Courses LMS – Online Courses Builder, eLearning Courses, Courses Solution, Education Courses <= 3.2.21 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary User Meta Update
HIGH 7.5EPSS 0.8%
The WP Courses LMS – Online Courses Builder, eLearning Courses, Courses Solution, Education Courses plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the wpc_update_user_meta_option() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.21. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update arbitrary user's metadata which can be levereged to block an administrator from accessing their site when wp_capabilities is set to 0.
- Affected
- hookandhook · WP Courses LMS – Online Courses Builder, eLearning Courses, Courses Solution, Education Courses
- CVSS v3.1 WORDFENCE
- 7.5 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - EPSS
- 0.79% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 56th percentile
- Published
- 2024-12-12
- Updated
- 2026-04-08
Proof-of-concept exploits (1)
- RandomRobbieBF/CVE-2024-121720★ · 2024-12-16