CVE-2024-12072

Summary

CVE-2024-12172 is a vulnerability affecting the WP Courses LMS plugin for WordPress. This issue, present in versions up to 3.2.21, allows authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access or higher to bypass capability checks. This flaw enables attackers to update arbitrary user metadata, potentially disrupting site access for administrators by manipulating wp_capabilities to restrict their access.

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