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LMS by Masteriyo – WordPress Learning Management System, eLearning Platform, Online Education System & Online Course , CVE-2026-4484

CVE, Research URL

CVE-2026-4484

Published on
Mar 26, 2026
Research Description
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.
Affected versions
max 2.1.7.
Status
vulnerable