CVE-2023-6223 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The LearnPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.5.7 via the /wp-json/lp/v1/profile/course-tab REST API due to missing validation on the 'userID' user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to retrieve the details of another user's course progress.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00149.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Thimpress	Learnpress

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:thimpress:learnpress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-58470	The LearnPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.5.7 via the /wp-json/lp/v1/profile/course-tab REST API due to missing validation on the 'userID' user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to retrieve the details of another user's course progress.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3013957/learnpress
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/215d5d9e-dabb-462d-8c51-952f8c497b78?source=cve

History

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2024-01-11T06:49:32.006Z

Updated: 2025-06-03T14:25:13.227Z

Reserved: 2023-11-20T20:57:47.843Z

Link: CVE-2023-6223

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:21:17.890Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-11T07:15:08.220

Modified: 2025-06-03T15:15:51.153

Link: CVE-2023-6223

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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