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CVE-2024-2115: LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin <= 4.0.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Privilege Escalation

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-04-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-352

Description

The LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.0. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the filter_users functions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to elevate their privileges to that of a teacher via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Affected products

• thimpress LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin for Create and Sell Online Courses: before 4.0.1 — fixed in 4.0.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: thimpress LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin for Create and Sell Online Courses 4.0.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3061953/learnpress/tags/4.0.1/inc/admin/class-lp-admin.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/342a4482-f5d3-4cc9-a998-e3abac7142cf?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3061953/learnpress/tags/4.0.1/inc/admin/class-lp-admin.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/342a4482-f5d3-4cc9-a998-e3abac7142cf?source=cve

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