CVE-2024-5973 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The MasterStudy LMS WordPress Plugin WordPress plugin before 3.3.24 does not prevent students from creating instructor accounts, which could be used to get access to functionalities they shouldn't have.

Published: 2024-07-22

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

MasterStudy LMS WordPress Plugin

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 3.3.24

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:stylemixthemes:masterstudy_lms:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00856.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/59abfb7c-d5ea-45f2-ab9a-4391978e3805/

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Stylemixthemes Masterstudy Lms

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2024-07-22T06:00:05.733Z

Updated: 2025-08-27T12:00:32.296Z

Reserved: 2024-06-13T14:59:07.742Z

Link: CVE-2024-5973

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T21:25:03.133Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-07-22T06:15:02.590

Modified: 2024-11-21T09:48:40.297

Link: CVE-2024-5973

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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