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CVE-2026-105397: LearnPress WordPress Plugin through 4.4.9.1 Stored XSS via Quiz Question Hint and Explanation
- Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-10-05 · updated 2026-10-07
- Weakness: CWE-79
Description
LearnPress plugin for WordPress through 4.4.9.1 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows authenticated instructors to inject scripts via quiz question hint and explanation fields. Attackers with the Instructor role can submit unsanitized payloads through the update_question AJAX handler that execute in the session of every student taking the quiz.
Affected products
References
- https://github.com/LearnPress/learnpress/commit/9db279c0d9fd3993430bb9af158658282e9bcee1
- https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/learnpress/tags/4.4.9.1/assets/src/apps/js/frontend/quiz/components/questions/question.js
- https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/learnpress/tags/4.4.9.1/inc/Ajax/EditQuestionAjax.php
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/learnpress/
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/learnpress-wordpress-plugin-through-4.4.9.1-stored-xss-via-quiz-question-hint-and-explanation
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