Description
The LifterLMS – WP LMS for eLearning, Online Courses, & Quizzes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary post deletion due to a missing capability check on the 'llms_delete_cert' action in all versions up to, and including, 7.8.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to delete arbitrary posts.
Published: 2024-12-18
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Analysis and contextual insights are available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

Additional remediation guidance may be available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-50986 The LifterLMS – WP LMS for eLearning, Online Courses, & Quizzes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary post deletion due to a missing capability check on the 'llms_delete_cert' action in all versions up to, and including, 7.8.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to delete arbitrary posts.
History

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00044}

epss

{'score': 0.00048}


Fri, 11 Jul 2025 21:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Lifterlms
Lifterlms lifterlms
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:lifterlms:lifterlms:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Lifterlms
Lifterlms lifterlms

Wed, 18 Dec 2024 17:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 18 Dec 2024 03:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The LifterLMS – WP LMS for eLearning, Online Courses, & Quizzes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary post deletion due to a missing capability check on the 'llms_delete_cert' action in all versions up to, and including, 7.8.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to delete arbitrary posts.
Title LifterLMS – WP LMS for eLearning, Online Courses, & Quizzes <= 7.8.5 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Post Deletion
Weaknesses CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}


Subscriptions

Lifterlms Lifterlms
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T17:06:22.120Z

Reserved: 2024-12-12T22:14:08.110Z

Link: CVE-2024-12596

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-12-18T16:24:12.986Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-12-18T04:15:08.253

Modified: 2025-07-11T21:23:39.087

Link: CVE-2024-12596

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses