WordPress MasterStudy LMS Plugin <= 2.7.5 is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation
Risks
CVSS 7.3
This vulnerability is highly dangerous and expected to become mass exploited.
Privilege Escalation
This could allow a malicious actor to escalate their low privileged account to something with higher privileges. After this they could take full control of the website if high privileges are gained.
This is a general description of this vulnerability type, specific impact varies case by case. CVSS score is a way to evaluate and rank reported vulnerabilities in a standardized and repeatable way, but it is not ideal for WordPress.
Known to be exploited!
Solutions
We advise to mitigate or resolve the vulnerability immediately.
Update to version 2.7.6 or later.
Update to version 2.7.6 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users can turn on auto-update for vulnerable plugins only.
Automatically mitigate vulnerabilities and keep your websites safe
Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to mitigate this issue by blocking any attacks until you have updated to a fixed version.
Timeline
Published by Patchstack
01 Feb 2022
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We recommend reaching out to your hosting provider for server-side malware scanning or use a professional incident response service. Don't rely on plugin based malware scanners as they are commonly tampered with by malware.
