CVE-2026-8502

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

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: June 6, 2026 at 02:28 AM UTC
Updated: July 23, 2026 at 07:35 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLearnPress

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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit

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the plaintext post_password of password-protected courses and the full post_content, post_author, and post_name of unpublished draft, private, and pending courses via the unrestricted SELECT * fallback query.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.

Affected

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

LearnPress· Thimpresswordpress-plugin
60%
v ≤ 4.3.6

Remediation

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

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

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CVSS

5.3MEDIUMWordfence
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-862

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