CVE-2024-8529
Published: 12 September 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-8529 is a critical-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Thimpress Learnpress. Its CVSS base score is 10.0 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 1.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
The LearnPress WordPress LMS Plugin is vulnerable to SQL injection in all versions through 4.2.7. The flaw exists in the /wp-json/lp/v1/courses/archive-course REST API endpoint, where the c_fields parameter is concatenated into an SQL query without adequate escaping or the use of prepared statements, allowing an attacker to alter the query structure.
Unauthenticated attackers can supply crafted input to this endpoint and append arbitrary SQL clauses, enabling extraction of sensitive data from the WordPress database. The vulnerability carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 10.0, reflecting network-accessible exploitation with no authentication or user interaction required and full impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
A fix is available in version 4.2.7.1, as indicated by the plugin's changelog and the Wordfence advisory. Public analysis of the issue, including proof-of-concept details, has been published at abrahack.com. The EPSS score stands at 0.7569 with no material increase from its peak.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-49242
Vulnerability details
The LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'c_fields' parameter of the /wp-json/lp/v1/courses/archive-course REST API endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.7 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied…
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parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
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Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
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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.