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TI-2024-11287 Aliases CVE-2024-12172GHSA-9q7v-rrcv-j2hh

Missing authorization in hookandhook WP Courses LMS – Online Courses Builder, eLearning…

Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-862Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · High · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.

Summary

The WP Courses LMS – Online Courses Builder, eLearning Courses, Courses Solution, Education Courses plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the wpc_update_user_meta_option() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.21. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update arbitrary user's metadata which can be levereged to block an administrator from accessing their site when wp_capabilities is set to 0.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0079 56th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
hookandhookWP Courses LMS – Online Courses Builder, eLearning Courses, Courses Solution, Education Coursesup to 3.2.21—No fix listedCNA
  • WP Courses LMS – Online Courses Builder, eLearning Courses, Courses Solution, Education Courses Vendorhookandhook Affected up to 3.2.21 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-12172
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9q7v-rrcv-j2hh

References

Other 2

  • TI-2026-24463 WordPress WP Courses LMS plugin <= 3.2.26 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2024-37238 WordPress Post Grid Elementor Addon plugin <= 2.0.18 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2026-09135 Authorization bypass in hookandhook WP Courses LMS – Online Courses Builder, eLearning… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3

Sources

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