LearnPress <= 4.3.2.8 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Email Notification Triggering
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized email notification triggering due to missing capability checks on all 10 functions in the SendEmailAjax class in all versions up to, and including, 4.3.2.8. The AbstractAjax::catch_lp_ajax() dispatcher verifies a wp_rest nonce but performs no current_user_can() check before dispatching to handler functions. The wp_rest nonce is embedded in the frontend JavaScript for all authenticated users. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to trigger arbitrary email notifications to admins, instructors, and users, enabling email flooding, social engineering, and impersonation of admin decisions regarding instructor requests.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-3226
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6fmm-qmfj-8phm
References
Other 5
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/520018db-d33b-4f2c-aaa5-611de792e11f?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/learnpress/tags/4.3.2.7/inc/class-lp-assets.php#L123
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/learnpress/tags/4.3.2.7/inc/Ajax/SendEmailAjax.php#L40
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/learnpress/tags/4.3.2.7/inc/Ajax/AbstractAjax.php#L17
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=/learnpress/tags/4.3.2.7/inc/Ajax/SendEmailAjax.php&new_path=/learnpress/tags/4.3.3/inc/Ajax/SendEmailAjax.php
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Sources
- CVE-2026-3226 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-3226 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6fmm-qmfj-8phm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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