MasterStudy LMS <= 3.0.17 — Privilege Escalation
CVE-2023-4278Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤3.0.17Update to 3.0.18 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High7.3
- CVSS
- 7.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:LWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:LConfidentiality- Low
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:LAvailability- Low
- Weakness
- CWE-269 Privilege Escalation
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
MasterStudy LMS WordPress Plugin – for Online Courses and Education masterstudy-lms-learning-management-system
- Affected≤ 3.0.17
- Patched in3.0.18
Update to 3.0.18 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 3.0.17. Version 3.0.18 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under MasterStudy LMS WordPress Plugin – for Online Courses and Education.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 3.0.18, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch MasterStudy LMS WordPress Plugin – for Online Courses and Education to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Revan Arifio.
The MasterStudy LMS plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 3.0.17. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register on the site as instructors, which would enable them to create courses.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 7.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- [object Object]. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
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