WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
LearnPress < 3.2.6.9 - Privilege Escalation to "LP Instructor"
Description
The LearnPress plugin through 3.2.6.8 for WordPress allows remote attackers to escalate the privileges of any user to LP Instructor via the accept-to-be-teacher action parameter. The "LP Instructor" role grants the "unfiltered_html" capability, allowing an escalated user to insert posts containing malicious JavaScript
Proof of Concept
It is possible for a remote attacker to elevate the privileges of any user to LP Instructor by sending a request to any location within wp-admin, such as wp-admin/admin-post.php with the action parameter set to accept-to-be-teacher and the user_id parameter set to an arbitrary user ID. This is possible because the learn_press_accept_become_a_teacher function runs on the plugins_loaded action and lacks nonce checks and capability checks.
Affects Plugins
References
Classification
Type
PRIVESC
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Ramuel Gall (Wordfence)
Submitter
Ramuel Gall
Verified
No
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2020-04-28 (about 3 years ago)
Added
2020-04-28 (about 3 years ago)
Last Updated
2020-04-29 (about 3 years ago)