CVE-2020-7916

MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: March 16, 2020 at 05:04 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:25 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLearnPress

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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

be_teacher in class-lp-admin-ajax.php in the LearnPress plugin 3.2.6.5 and earlier for WordPress allows any registered user to assign itself the teacher role via the wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=learnpress_be_teacher URI without any additional permission checks. Therefore, any user can change its role to an instructor/teacher and gain access to otherwise restricted data.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

LearnPress· Thimpresswordpress-plugin
95%
v ≤ 3.2.6.5

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/learnpress/#developers

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-269

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