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CVE-2024-12596: chrisbadgett lifterlms – wp lms for elearning, online courses, & quizzes Missing Authorization

CVSS: 4.3v3.1MediumAnalyzed
Published 18-12-2024Last modified 08-04-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-12596 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Missing Authorization vulnerability in chrisbadgett lifterlms – wp lms for elearning, online courses, & quizzes. EPSS estimates a 0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 26.5% of scored vulnerabilities. Fixed in 7.8.6.

Overall risk
17/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.34%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 18-12-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.34%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

27%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.33% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.34%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Chrisbadgett1 product
Lifterlms1 product
Wordpress1 product
  • lifterlms≤ 7.8.5 (fixed in 7.8.6)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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