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TI-2020-06400 Aliases CVE-2020-7916GHSA-7pv8-f952-86hp

be_teacher in class-lp-admin-ajax.php in the LearnPress plugin 3.2.6.5 and earlier for…

Priority LOW 31CWE-269Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Privilege escalation
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.

Summary

be_teacher in class-lp-admin-ajax.php in the LearnPress plugin 3.2.6.5 and earlier for WordPress allows any registered user to assign itself the teacher role via the wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=learnpress_be_teacher URI without any additional permission checks. Therefore, any user can change its role to an instructor/teacher and gain access to otherwise restricted data.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01116 66th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:thimpress:learnpress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*up to 3.2.6.5VulnerableThimPress
  • cpe:2.3:a:thimpress:learnpress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions up to 3.2.6.5 Vulnerable ·ThimPress

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-7916
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7pv8-f952-86hp

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2024-07900 LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin <= 4.2.7 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via 'c_only_fields' CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2023-06018 LearnPress <= 4.2.5.7 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via order_by CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-04124 LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin <= 4.2.6.5 - Unauthenticated Time-Based SQL Injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-18355 WordPress LearnPress plugin <= 4.2.3 - Authenticated Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-03105 LearnPress < 4.1.7.2 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection via REST API CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2020-04911 LearnPress Wordpress plugin version prior and including 3.2.6.7 is vulnerable to SQL Injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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Sources

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