Broken access control in WordPress LearnPress plugin
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
ThimPress LearnPress WordPress plugin through 4.4.10 contains a missing authorization check (CWE-862). An attacker with a Subscriber account can reach functionality that should be restricted, which affects confidentiality and integrity at a low level.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-30
Description from the CNA
Subscriber Broken Access Control in LearnPress <= 4.4.10 versions.
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
The sources list no fixed version for LearnPress.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-30
Timeline
- 2026-10-29 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-42690
- 2026-10-29 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-29 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-29 Alias added: GHSA-cjjv-3p83-7f86
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-2026-42690 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-42690 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-cjjv-3p83-7f86 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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