CVE-2019-15896

An issue was discovered in the LifterLMS plugin through 3.34.5 for WordPress. The upload_import function in the class.llms.admin.import.php script is prone to an unauthenticated options import vulnerability that could lead to privilege escalation (administrator account creation), website redirection, and stored XSS.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://blog.nintechnet.com/critical-vulnerability-fixed-in-wordpress-lifterlms-plugin/	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/lifterlms/#developers	Release Notes
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9871	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:lifterlms:lifterlms:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2019-09-10 16:15

Updated : 2021-07-21 11:39

NVD link : CVE-2019-15896

Mitre link : CVE-2019-15896

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2019-15896

JSON object : View

Products Affected

lifterlms

lifterlms

CWE

CWE-306

Missing Authentication for Critical Function

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