---
id: "CVE-2026-115597"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-115597"]
title: "LearnPress WordPress plugin: missing authorization check exposes protected actions"
severity: "medium"
cvss: 5.4
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["learnpress", "package", "self-hosted", "wordpress"]
not_affected_if: ["learnpress-not-installed"]
published_at: "2026-10-26T17:17:16+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-26T17:31:21+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-26T17:33:25+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-115597", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-26T17:31:21+00:00"}]
---

# LearnPress WordPress plugin: missing authorization check exposes protected actions

LearnPress, a WordPress learning-management plugin by ThimPress, has a missing authorization check in versions through 4.4.11. A user may be able to perform actions their role should not allow.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## How to check

- Check the installed LearnPress version in the WordPress admin plugins list, or with `wp plugin get learnpress --field=version`
- Compare the version against the fixed release in the vendor advisory, which the sources do not give

## Fix

- Update LearnPress to a release newer than `4.4.11`, the first fixed version is unknown from the sources
- If no fixed release exists yet, restrict who can hold LearnPress instructor or course-management roles

## Timeline

- 2026-10-26T17:31:21+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-115597

## From the sources

Missing Authorization vulnerability in ThimPress LearnPress learnpress allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects LearnPress: from n/a through 4.4.11.

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