Auth bypass in Stylemix Masterstudy Lms WordPress Plugin – For Online Courses And Education
CVE-2024-3942
The MasterStudy LMS WordPress Plugin – for Online Courses and Education plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access, modification, and loss of data due to a missing capability check on several functions in versions up to, and including, 3.3.8. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber level permissions and above, to read and modify content such as course questions, post titles, and taxonomies.
Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (29.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 30th percentile — 29.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/64eb3d67-7056-4a03-ba3b-a04c2… (Third Party Advisory)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3078394/ (Product)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2024-3942?
- CVE-2024-3942 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Stylemix Masterstudy Lms WordPress Plugin – For Online Courses And Education, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2024-05-02.
- How severe is CVE-2024-3942?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2024-3942 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.