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CVE-2024-12596

LifterLMS – WP LMS for eLearning, Online Courses, & Quizzes <= 7.8.5 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Post Deletion

MEDIUM
4.3
CVSS Score
Published: December 18, 2024 at 03:22 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 07:00 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsLifterLMSLifterLMS

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Severity
MEDIUM4.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

The LifterLMS – WP LMS for eLearning, Online Courses, & Quizzes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary post deletion due to a missing capability check on the 'llms_delete_cert' action in all versions up to, and including, 7.8.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to delete arbitrary posts.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

LifterLMS· Lifterlmswordpress-plugin
95%
v < 7.8.6
Affected range stops below 7.8.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
LifterLMS· Chrisbadgettwordpress-plugin
60%
v ≤ 7.8.5

References (3)

Patch
Source: [email protected]
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3208662/lifterlms/trunk/includes/abstracts/llms-abstract-controller-user-engagements.php
Patch
Source: [email protected]
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3208662/lifterlms/trunk/includes/controllers/class.llms.controller.certificates.php
Third Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8e75a03b-7552-4228-a4d0-13c78d20f6d5?source=cve

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

4.3MEDIUMWordfence
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-862

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