What is CVE-2020-7916?

CVE-2020-7916 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Thimpress Learnpress, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-03-16.

How severe is CVE-2020-7916?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-7916 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Privilege escalation in Thimpress Learnpress

CVE-2020-7916

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.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.011 (62.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Thimpress Learnpress
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-7916?: CVE-2020-7916 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Thimpress Learnpress, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-03-16.
How severe is CVE-2020-7916?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-7916 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.