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CVE-2024-4397: LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin <= 4.2.6.5 - Authenticated (Instructor+) Arbitrary File Upload

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-05-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-434

Description

The LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to missing file type validation in the 'save_post_materials' function in versions up to, and including, 4.2.6.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Instructor-level permissions and above, to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.

Affected products

• thimpress LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin for Create and Sell Online Courses: before 4.2.6.6 — fixed in 4.2.6.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: thimpress LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin for Create and Sell Online Courses 4.2.6.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/learnpress/tags/4.2.6.5/inc/rest-api/v1/frontend/class-lp-rest-material-controller.php#L98
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3083657/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ec20d5c4-4c41-4ec9-8d0a-ec8f03634f7d?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/learnpress/tags/4.2.6.5/inc/rest-api/v1/frontend/class-lp-rest-material-controller.php#L98
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3083657/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ec20d5c4-4c41-4ec9-8d0a-ec8f03634f7d?source=cve

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