CVE-2026-8502

LearnPress <= 4.3.6 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure via 'c_status' and 'return_type' Parameters

Published Jun 6, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin for Create and Sell Online Courses plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 4.3.6 via the 'return_type' parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including the plaintext post_password of password-protected courses and the full post_content, post_author, and post_name of unpublished draft, private, and pending courses via the unrestricted SELECT * fallback query. Exploitation requires supplying both c_status=all (to bypass the publish-only post_status WHERE clause) and return_type=json (to prevent the safe DISTINCT(ID) AS ID field override) in a single unauthenticated request to the /wp-json/lp/v1/courses/archive-course endpoint.

Remediation

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Advisories

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References
Link Providers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/learnpress/tags/4.3.2.8/inc/Databases/class-lp-course-db.php#L472 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/learnpress/tags/4.3.2.8/inc/Databases/class-lp-db.php#L610 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/learnpress/tags/4.3.2.8/inc/Models/Courses.php#L126 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/learnpress/tags/4.3.2.8/inc/Models/Courses.php#L200 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/learnpress/tags/4.3.2.8/inc/rest-api/v1/frontend/class-lp-rest-courses-controller.php#L196 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/learnpress/tags/4.3.2.8/inc/rest-api/v1/frontend/class-lp-rest-courses-controller.php#L68 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/learnpress/tags/4.3.6/inc/Databases/class-lp-course-db.php#L472 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/learnpress/tags/4.3.6/inc/Databases/class-lp-db.php#L610 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/learnpress/tags/4.3.6/inc/Models/Courses.php#L126 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/learnpress/tags/4.3.6/inc/Models/Courses.php#L200 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/learnpress/tags/4.3.6/inc/rest-api/v1/frontend/class-lp-rest-courses-controller.php#L196 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/learnpress/tags/4.3.6/inc/rest-api/v1/frontend/class-lp-rest-courses-controller.php#L68 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3545523%40learnpress&new=3545523%40learnpress&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a32a6ea3-4473-4075-b660-9bba083ae0bf?source=cve cve-icon cve-icon
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Thimpress
Thimpress learnpress – Wordpress Lms Plugin For Create And Sell Online Courses
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Thimpress
Thimpress learnpress – Wordpress Lms Plugin For Create And Sell Online Courses
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin for Create and Sell Online Courses plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 4.3.6 via the 'return_type' parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including the plaintext post_password of password-protected courses and the full post_content, post_author, and post_name of unpublished draft, private, and pending courses via the unrestricted SELECT * fallback query. Exploitation requires supplying both c_status=all (to bypass the publish-only post_status WHERE clause) and return_type=json (to prevent the safe DISTINCT(ID) AS ID field override) in a single unauthenticated request to the /wp-json/lp/v1/courses/archive-course endpoint.
Title LearnPress <= 4.3.6 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure via 'c_status' and 'return_type' Parameters
Weaknesses CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Wordfence
Published
Updated
Jun 6, 2026, 11:47 AM
Reserved
May 13, 2026, 8:58 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Jun 6, 2026, 4:17 AM
Modified
Jul 23, 2026, 7:10 AM