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MasterStudy LMS CVE-2026-81339

| EUVDEUVD-2026-85029 MEDIUM
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key (CWE-639)
2026-09-23 contact@wpscan.com GHSA-fj8j-x93w-h29w
4.3
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: wpscan
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Register/obtain subscriber account
  2. Exploit
    Enumerate quiz attempt identifiers
  3. Execution
    Request result endpoint for others' attempt IDs
  4. Impact
    Read other students' grades and timestamps

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Object-level authorization, IDOR prevention
Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires an authenticated WordPress account of at least subscriber role on a site running MasterStudy LMS before version 3.7.50 (PR:L); subscriber registration is frequently open on LMS/course sites, lowering this barrier. No user interaction and no special non-default configuration are needed - the missing per-object ownership check exists in the quiz-attempt result path itself. The attacker must reference or enumerate valid attempt identifiers belonging to other users. Impact is limited to reading other students' quiz grades, pass/fail status, and attempt timestamps (confidentiality only); no data can be modified.

Impact

This is a genuine but low-severity issue best characterized as a high-visibility-low-real-risk finding. The CVSS 3.1 base score of 4.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N) accurately reflects an IDOR (CWE-639) with only a minor confidentiality impact and no integrity or availability effect. Network vector and low complexity are offset by PR:L - a valid authenticated account (WordPress subscriber, which is often self-registerable on LMS sites) is required, and only low-sensitivity data (quiz grades, pass/fail status, attempt timestamps) is exposed. No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public POC were provided in the intelligence, so there is no signal of active or imminent exploitation; treat exploitation status as no public exploit identified at time of analysis. There are no conflicting signals across sources - the WPScan CVSS, the CWE, and the description are mutually consistent. The one metadata discrepancy is the 'Authentication Bypass' tag, which mislabels an authorization/IDOR flaw (exploitation actually requires being authenticated, not bypassing authentication). Overall this is a routine patch-in-normal-cycle item, not an emergency, despite the plugin's large install base.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker registers or already holds a minimal subscriber-level account on a WordPress site running MasterStudy LMS. They call the quiz-attempt result endpoint while substituting attempt identifiers belonging to other students, and the plugin returns those users' grades, pass/fail status, and timestamps because it never checks per-object ownership. No public exploit code was identified, and the low sensitivity of the data limits impact to privacy leakage of other students' quiz outcomes.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
Patch available 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Sep 23, 2026

Authenticated users holding only the subscriber role on WordPress sites running the MasterStudy LMS plugin before version 3.7.50 can read other students' quiz attempt data - grades, pass/fail status and attempt timestamps - by referencing an attempt identifier that belongs to another account, because the quiz-attempt result path lacks a per-object ownership check. Rated CVSS 4.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N), the impact is confidentiality-only with no ability to modify or delete data, and no public exploit identified at time of analysis. A vendor-released patch is available: version 3.7.50.

RemediationAI

Vendor-released patch: upgrade the MasterStudy LMS plugin to version 3.7.50 or later, which is the fix that adds the missing per-object ownership check on the quiz-attempt result path; this is the primary and sufficient remediation, and the plugin should be updated through the WordPress admin or WP-CLI and the site verified to be running the patched version afterwards. Consult the WPScan advisory (https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f027d0b1-5d8a-4e80-adb3-bbf97dc53306/) and the NVD record (https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-81339) for the vendor-confirmed fix details. If immediate patching is not possible, the most effective compensating control is to close or tightly gate open subscriber self-registration on the LMS site, since a subscriber account is the only prerequisite and self-registration is often what makes the attack practical - the trade-off is that this blocks legitimate student sign-ups and may disrupt enrollment workflows, so it is best applied temporarily until 3.7.50 is deployed. Because leaked attempt identifiers are not secrets, monitoring is the practical secondary measure: review web server and plugin logs for authenticated subscribers requesting attempt identifiers in sequence or outside their own scope, and consider a temporary WAF rule throttling or blocking sequential attempt-ID access, accepting the trade-off that such a rule can produce false positives against legitimate high-volume student traffic. There is no indication that configuration hardening alone removes the flaw, since the vulnerable path is reached with default settings; treat patching to 3.7.50 as the only definitive fix.

Affected VersionsENISA

MasterStudy LMS WordPress Plugin 0 <3.7.50

Affected Packages

euvd masterstudy_lms_wordpress_plugin fix: 3.7.50

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The root cause is CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key), the classic insecure direct object reference pattern: the plugin's quiz-attempt result handling accepts an attempt identifier supplied by the requester and returns the corresponding record without verifying that the record belongs to the requesting user. The relevant technology stack is WordPress plus the MasterStudy LMS plugin, where quiz attempts, grades and pass/fail outcomes are stored per student and surfaced to course participants; the missing ownership check sits in that result-retrieval path itself rather than in any optional or non-default configuration. The CVSS vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N confirms the access requirements: the endpoint is network reachable, exploitation is low complexity, the attacker needs only a low-privileged (subscriber) authenticated account, no user interaction is required, the vulnerable component's scope is unchanged, and only confidentiality is impacted at a limited level since the leaked attributes are grades, pass/fail status and attempt timestamps. No CPE strings were supplied in the intelligence feed, so an exact CPE-to-product mapping could not be independently confirmed; the ENISA EUVD record instead documents the affected range as '0 <3.7.50'. The exploitation barrier is lowered in practice by the fact that subscriber registration is frequently open on LMS and course sites, meaning an attacker can often self-register and then enumerate valid attempt identifiers, and by the fact that attempt identifiers are typically sequential or otherwise guessable rather than being treated as unguessable secrets.

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Severity by source

Vendor (wpscan) PRIMARY 4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
vuln.today AI 4.3 MEDIUM

Remote authenticated subscriber (PR:L) exploits an IDOR with no interaction; only low-sensitivity data is disclosed (C:L) with no integrity or availability impact.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (wpscan).

CVSS VectorVendor: wpscan

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

4
CVSS changed
Sep 23, 2026 - 11:22 NVD
4.3 (MEDIUM)
Patch available
Sep 23, 2026 - 07:01 EUVD
CVE Published
Sep 23, 2026 - 06:17 cve.org
MEDIUM 4.3
CVE Published
Sep 23, 2026 - 06:17 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

DescriptionCVE.org

The MasterStudy LMS WordPress Plugin WordPress plugin before 3.7.50 does not perform a per-object ownership check when returning a quiz attempt result, allowing any authenticated user with a minimal (subscriber) role to read other students' quiz grades, pass/fail status and attempt timestamps by referencing an attempt identifier belonging to another user.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 92% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
popular WordPress LMS plugin, ~100k+ installs but not universal
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

22
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +22
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

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