CVE-2019-15896

critical

Description

An issue was discovered in the LifterLMS plugin through 3.34.5 for WordPress. The upload_import function in the class.llms.admin.import.php script is prone to an unauthenticated options import vulnerability that could lead to privilege escalation (administrator account creation), website redirection, and stored XSS.

References

https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9871

https://wordpress.org/plugins/lifterlms/#developers

https://blog.nintechnet.com/critical-vulnerability-fixed-in-wordpress-lifterlms-plugin/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-09-10

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.07959