What is CVE-2024-8009?

CVE-2024-8009 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Automattic Sensei Lms, classified under CWE-863 INCORRECT AUTHORIZATION. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-05-15.

How severe is CVE-2024-8009?

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

Vulnerability in Automattic Sensei Lms

CVE-2024-8009

The Sensei LMS WordPress plugin before 4.20.0 disclose all users of the blog including their email address to teachers on the students page

Published 2025-05-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (29.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 30th percentile — 29.6% 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

Automattic Sensei Lms
Sensei Lms — versions 0

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/737bb010-b2fa-4bf4-b124-5fbba67cf935/ (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-8009?: CVE-2024-8009 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Automattic Sensei Lms, classified under CWE-863 INCORRECT AUTHORIZATION. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-05-15.
How severe is CVE-2024-8009?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.