CVE-2024-24882
Published: 17 May 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-24882 is a critical-severity Incorrect Privilege Assignment (CWE-266) vulnerability in Themegrill Masteriyo. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 2.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
The CVE-2024-24882 vulnerability is an incorrect privilege assignment flaw, also referenced as CWE-266, in the Masteriyo LMS learning-management-system plugin for WordPress. It affects all versions from n/a through 1.7.2 and received a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.8 reflecting network-accessible attack vectors with no required authentication or user interaction.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit the weakness to perform privilege escalation, resulting in full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability on the affected installation.
Public advisories from Patchstack document the privilege-escalation issue in the WordPress LMS by Masteriyo plugin at version 1.7.2 and list the associated CVE entry, indicating that remediation is addressed by updating beyond the vulnerable range. The EPSS score stands at 0.5077 with no material post-disclosure rise from a lower baseline.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-22245
Vulnerability details
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in masteriyo Masteriyo - LMS learning-management-system.This issue affects Masteriyo - LMS: from n/a through <= 1.7.2.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Designation of a manager and policy dissemination ensures privileges are assigned according to defined roles.
Regular reviews catch incorrect privilege assignments to users, roles, or processes.
Explicitly specifying privileges and group/role memberships for accounts reduces the risk of incorrect privilege assignments.
The control requires explicit definition of separated access authorizations, making incorrect privilege assignments that bundle conflicting duties harder to implement.
Ensures privileges are assigned only as necessary rather than incorrectly over-granted.