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GHSA-CFQM-VM27-G9VJ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-10-14 09:31 – Updated: 2026-10-14 09:31

Details

The LifterLMS – WP LMS for eLearning, Online Courses, & Quizzes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in versions up to, and including, 10.3.1 via attacker-controlled attributes of the [lifterlms_checkout] shortcode. This is due to the llms_get_template() helper performing extract() on the shortcode attribute array before resolving the template path, which allows the attacker-supplied 'template_name' and 'default_path' shortcode attributes to overwrite the function's local parameters and ultimately control the path passed to a PHP include. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Instructor-level access and above, to include and execute arbitrary files on the server, that can be used to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve code execution in cases where files with safe extensions containing attacker-controlled content can be uploaded and included.

Severity

7.5 (High)


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

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CVE-2026-110284 (GCVE-0-2026-110284)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-14 07:43 – Updated: 2026-10-15 16:43

Title

LifterLMS <= 10.3.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Local File Inclusion via 'lifterlms_checkout' Shortcode Attributes

Summary

Severity

7.5 (High)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-10-15 10:52 UTC

CWE

CWE-98 - Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion')

Assigner

Wordfence CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard C 65/100 over 2195 records in the last 180 days details

References

7 references

URL	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/lifter…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/lifter…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/lifter…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/lifter…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/lifter…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3736…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
lifterlms	LifterLMS – WP LMS for eLearning, Online Courses, & Quizzes	Affected: 0 , ≤ 10.3.1 (semver)

Credits

Adrien Brunner

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