Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 16, 2020· Updated Aug 4, 2024
CVE-2020-7916
CVE-2020-7916
Description
be_teacher in class-lp-admin-ajax.php in the LearnPress plugin 3.2.6.5 and earlier for WordPress allows any registered user to assign itself the teacher role via the wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=learnpress_be_teacher URI without any additional permission checks. Therefore, any user can change its role to an instructor/teacher and gain access to otherwise restricted data.
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Affected products
2- WordPress/LearnPress plugindescription
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- wordpress.org/plugins/learnpress/mitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
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