CVE-2026-8279
Masteriyo LMS <= 2.2.0 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Course Progress Deletion
- Published
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
CISA's decision points: whether it is exploited, whether attacks can be automated, and how much control an attacker gets. Assessed (SSVC 2.0.3).What do these mean? →
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: yes
- Technical impact: partial
Summary
The Masteriyo LMS plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized data deletion due to a missing capability check on the 'delete_item_permissions_check' function in the CourseProgressItemsController in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary course progress records belonging to any student.
Timeline
- CVE published
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- masteriyo Masteriyo LMS – LMS Course Builder, Quizzes & Certificates
through 2.2.0
References 4
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- browser/learning-management-system/tags/2.1.9/includes/RestApi/Controllers/Version1/CourseProgressItemsController.php#L805
- browser/learning-management-system/tags/2.1.9/includes/RestApi/Controllers/Version1/CourseProgressItemsController.php#L124
- browser/learning-management-system/tags/2.1.9/includes/Repository/CourseProgressItemRepository.php#L269