be_teacher in class-lp-admin-ajax.php in the LearnPress plugin 3.2.6.5 and earlier for WordPress allows any registered user to assign itself the teacher role via the wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=learnpress_be_teacher URI without any additional permission checks. Therefore, any user can change its role to an instructor/teacher and gain access to otherwise restricted data.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-28848 be_teacher in class-lp-admin-ajax.php in the LearnPress plugin 3.2.6.5 and earlier for WordPress allows any registered user to assign itself the teacher role via the wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=learnpress_be_teacher URI without any additional permission checks. Therefore, any user can change its role to an instructor/teacher and gain access to otherwise restricted data.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T09:48:23.787Z

Reserved: 2020-01-22T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-7916

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-03-16T18:15:13.027

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:38:00.300

Link: CVE-2020-7916

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