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CVE-2019-15896

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 6.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-09-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-306

Description

An issue was discovered in the LifterLMS plugin through 3.34.5 for WordPress. The upload_import function in the class.llms.admin.import.php script is prone to an unauthenticated options import vulnerability that could lead to privilege escalation (administrator account creation), website redirection, and stored XSS.

Affected products

• chrisbadgett LifterLMS – WP LMS for eLearning, Online Courses, & Quizzes: through 3.34.5

References

• https://blog.nintechnet.com/critical-vulnerability-fixed-in-wordpress-lifterlms-plugin/
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/lifterlms/#developers
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9871
• https://blog.nintechnet.com/critical-vulnerability-fixed-in-wordpress-lifterlms-plugin/
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/lifterlms/#developers
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9871

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