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CVE-2020-7916

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-03-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-269

Description

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.

Affected products

• thimpress LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin for Create and Sell Online Courses: through 3.2.6.5

References

• https://wordpress.org/plugins/learnpress/#developers
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/learnpress/#developers

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