Path traversal in ThimPress LearnPress – Backup & Migration Tool
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-22 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
The LearnPress – Backup & Migration Tool plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read via Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.4 via the 'import-user-file' parameter parameter. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.
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-2026-7565
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3j57-m2q5-hqgp
References
Other 8
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0f6d0ba7-f9e8-493b-9e6d-62f1c662e21e?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/learnpress-import-export/trunk/inc/admin/providers/learnpress/class-lp-import-user-data.php#L150
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/learnpress-import-export/tags/4.1.4/inc/admin/providers/learnpress/class-lp-import-user-data.php#L150
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/learnpress-import-export/trunk/inc/admin/providers/learnpress/class-lp-import-user-data.php#L190
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/learnpress-import-export/tags/4.1.4/inc/admin/providers/learnpress/class-lp-import-user-data.php#L190
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/learnpress-import-export/tags/4.1.1/inc/admin/providers/learnpress/class-lp-import-user-data.php#L150
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/learnpress-import-export/tags/4.1.1/inc/admin/providers/learnpress/class-lp-import-user-data.php#L190
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3546889%40learnpress-import-export&new=3546889%40learnpress-import-export&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
More ThimPress vulnerabilities
- 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-2023-05199 WP Hotel Booking < 2.0.8 - Unauthenticated SQLi 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
Sources
- CVE-2026-7565 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-7565 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3j57-m2q5-hqgp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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