CVE-2024-10008: CWE-862 Missing Authorization in masteriyo Masteriyo LMS – eLearning and Online Course Builder for WordPress
The Masteriyo LMS – eLearning and Online Course Builder for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized user profile modification due to missing authorization checks on the /wp-json/masteriyo/v1/users/$id REST API endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 1.13.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with student-level access and above, to modify the roles of arbitrary users. As a result, attackers can escalate their privileges to the Administrator and demote existing administrators to students.
CVE-2024-10008: CWE-862 Missing Authorization in masteriyo Masteriyo LMS – eLearning and Online Course Builder for WordPress
Description
The Masteriyo LMS – eLearning and Online Course Builder for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized user profile modification due to missing authorization checks on the /wp-json/masteriyo/v1/users/$id REST API endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 1.13.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with student-level access and above, to modify the roles of arbitrary users. As a result, attackers can escalate their privileges to the Administrator and demote existing administrators to students.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2024-10-15T19:13:37.095Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 699f6deab7ef31ef0b5909e9
Added to database: 2/25/2026, 9:47:22 PM
Last updated: 2/26/2026, 7:20:09 AM
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