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2 vulnerabilities found for LifterLMS – WP LMS for eLearning, Online Courses, & Quizzes by chrisbadgett

CVE-2025-11923 (GCVE-0-2025-11923)
Vulnerability from nvd
Published
2025-11-13 03:27
Modified
2025-11-13 03:27
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Summary
The LifterLMS – WP LMS for eLearning, Online Courses, & Quizzes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to allowing them to modify their own role via the REST API. The permission check in the update_item_permissions_check() function returns true when a user updates their own account without verifying the role changes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with student-level access and above, to escalate their privileges to administrator by updating their own roles array via a crafted REST API request. Another endpoint intended for instructors also provides an attack vector. Affected version ranges are 3.5.3-3.41.2, 4.0.0-4.21.3, 5.0.0-5.10.0, 6.0.0-6.11.0, 7.0.0-7.8.7, 8.0.0-8.0.7, 9.0.0-9.0.7, 9.1.0.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
chrisbadgett LifterLMS – WP LMS for eLearning, Online Courses, & Quizzes Version: 3.5.3   ≤ 3.41.1
Version: 4.0.0   ≤ 4.21.3
Version: 5.0.0   ≤ 5.10.0
Version: 6.0.0   ≤ 6.11.0
Version: 7.0.0   ≤ 7.8.7
Version: 8.0.0   ≤ 8.0.7
Version: 9.0.0   ≤ 9.0.7
Version: 9.1.0
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CVE-2025-11923 (GCVE-0-2025-11923)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-11-13 03:27
Modified
2025-11-13 03:27
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Summary
The LifterLMS – WP LMS for eLearning, Online Courses, & Quizzes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to allowing them to modify their own role via the REST API. The permission check in the update_item_permissions_check() function returns true when a user updates their own account without verifying the role changes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with student-level access and above, to escalate their privileges to administrator by updating their own roles array via a crafted REST API request. Another endpoint intended for instructors also provides an attack vector. Affected version ranges are 3.5.3-3.41.2, 4.0.0-4.21.3, 5.0.0-5.10.0, 6.0.0-6.11.0, 7.0.0-7.8.7, 8.0.0-8.0.7, 9.0.0-9.0.7, 9.1.0.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
chrisbadgett LifterLMS – WP LMS for eLearning, Online Courses, & Quizzes Version: 3.5.3   ≤ 3.41.1
Version: 4.0.0   ≤ 4.21.3
Version: 5.0.0   ≤ 5.10.0
Version: 6.0.0   ≤ 6.11.0
Version: 7.0.0   ≤ 7.8.7
Version: 8.0.0   ≤ 8.0.7
Version: 9.0.0   ≤ 9.0.7
Version: 9.1.0
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