CVE-2026-4484 PUBLISHED

Masteriyo LMS <= 2.1.6 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Student+) Privilege Escalation to Administrator

Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 20.03.2026 Published: 26.03.2026 Updated: 26.03.2026

The Masteriyo LMS plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.6. This is due to the plugin allowing a user to update the user role through the 'InstructorsController::prepare_object_for_database' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Student-level access and above, to elevate their privileges to that of an administrator.

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CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 9.8

Product Status

Vendor masteriyo
Product Masteriyo LMS – Online Course Builder for eLearning, LMS & Education
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from * to 2.1.6 (incl.)

Credits

  • Hunter Jensen finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-862 Missing Authorization CWE