CVE-2024-12172
WP Courses LMS – Online Courses Builder, eLearning Courses, Courses Solution, Education Courses <= 3.2.21 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary User Meta Update
CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
The WP Courses LMS – Online Courses Builder, eLearning Courses, Courses Solution, Education Courses plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the wpc_update_user_meta_option() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.21. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update arbitrary user's metadata which can be levereged to block an administrator from accessing their site when wp_capabilities is set to 0.
| CWE | CWE-862 |
| Vendor | hookandhook |
| Product | wp courses lms – online courses builder, elearning courses, courses solution, education courses |
| Published | Dec 12, 2024 |
| Last Updated | Apr 8, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Affected Versions
hookandhook / WP Courses LMS – Online Courses Builder, eLearning Courses, Courses Solution, Education Courses
0 ≤ 3.2.21
References
Credits
Thanh Nam Tran