What is CVE-2018-16971?

CVE-2018-16971 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wisetail Learning Management System, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2018-09-12.

How severe is CVE-2018-16971?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Wisetail Learning Management System

CVE-2018-16971

Wisetail Learning Ecosystem (LE) through v4.11.6 allows insecure direct object reference (IDOR) attacks to access non-purchased course contents (quiz / test) via a modified id parameter.

Vulnerability class: IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference)

EPSS: 0.006 (47.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Wisetail Learning_management_system
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-639 — Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

References

cve@mitre.org (Technical Description, Exploit, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16971?: CVE-2018-16971 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wisetail Learning Management System, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2018-09-12.
How severe is CVE-2018-16971?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.