Missing authorization in higheredlab HEL Online Classroom: AI-powered Online Classrooms
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The HEL Online Classroom: AI-powered Online Classrooms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.3. This is due to a missing capability check on a REST API endpoint registered with a permission_callback of '__return_true', which bypasses all WordPress authentication and authorization checks. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete any classroom record by supplying its ID in the request, resulting in permanent data loss.
Why it matters now
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| higheredlab | HEL Online Classroom: AI-powered Online Classrooms | up to 1.0.3 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- HEL Online Classroom: AI-powered Online Classrooms Vendorhigheredlab Affected up to 1.0.3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-6708
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mxgq-qrj9-vj5p
References
Other 5
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0612c0be-f1c0-4f74-a769-e4616f103ee6?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hel-online-classroom/trunk/hel-online-classroom.php#L605
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hel-online-classroom/tags/1.0.3/hel-online-classroom.php#L605
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hel-online-classroom/trunk/hel-online-classroom.php#L398
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hel-online-classroom/tags/1.0.3/hel-online-classroom.php#L398
Sources
- CVE-2026-6708 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-6708 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mxgq-qrj9-vj5p · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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