Unauthenticated PHP execution via modal path traversal
Published Mar 29, 2024 · Updated Apr 8, 2026
Local file inclusion in StylemixThemes MasterStudy LMS 3.3.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute server-side PHP via modal. The AJAX load_modal function prefixes modals/ to the untrusted modal value, passes it through locate_template, and includes any existing PHP file without blocking path traversal. A valid public nonce is required, and execution depends on an includable PHP file on the server, although a pearcmd.php chain was demonstrated.
Summary
What happened
Local file inclusion in StylemixThemes MasterStudy LMS 3.3.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute server-side PHP via modal. The AJAX load_modal function prefixes modals/ to the untrusted modal value, passes it through locate_template, and includes any existing PHP file without blocking path traversal. A valid public nonce is required, and execution depends on an includable PHP file on the server, although a pearcmd.php chain was demonstrated.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-2411
- Published
- Mar 29, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Vendor
- StylemixThemes
- Product
- MasterStudy LMS
- Classifications
- CWE-98, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Mar 29, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 8, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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