Description
The LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin for Create and Sell Online Courses plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 4.4.10 This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to enumerate the complete site user roster and extract the full email address of any WordPress account, including administrator accounts, character-by-character by using the search response as an oracle against both user_login and user_email columns.
Published: 2026-10-17
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Email Address Enumeration
Action: Apply Update
AI Analysis

Impact

The LearnPress plugin for WordPress contains a missing authorization flaw in the ‘search-authors’ AJAX action that allows any authenticated user with subscriber-level access or higher to enumerate the entire user roster. By submitting incremental search queries, the attacker receives a character‑by‑character response that can be used as an oracle against both the user_login and user_email database columns, revealing the full e‑mail address of every WordPress account, including administrators. This provides an attacker with sensitive personal information that can be leveraged for phishing, credential stuffing or further compromise.

Affected Systems

LearnPress, a WordPress LMS plugin developed by thimpress, is affected in all releases up to and including version 4.4.10. Sites running this plugin have the vulnerability until the plugin is updated to a later version that removes the unchecked user‑role check in the AJAX handler.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 6.5 indicates a medium severity vulnerability. Because a logged‑in user with subscriber privileges can trigger the flaw, the attack vector is restricted to authenticated sessions, and no additional network or local privileges are required. The EPSS score is not available, and the vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog, which suggests that publicly known exploitation is currently limited. Even so, the ability to discover all user e‑mail addresses can facilitate targeted attacks and should be addressed promptly.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on October 17, 2026 at 05:29 UTC.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Upgrade LearnPress to version 4.4.11 or later to apply the proper authorization check in the AJAX action.
  • If an immediate update is not possible, restrict the search‑authors AJAX endpoint to administrators only by using a firewall rule, access‑control plugin, or by editing the plugin to return a 403 status for roles below administrator.
  • Conduct an audit of user roles to ensure that only a minimal set of subscribers have authenticated access to the site, thereby reducing the pool of accounts that can exploit the enumeration flaw.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on October 17, 2026 at 05:29 UTC.

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History

Sat, 17 Oct 2026 23:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Thimpress
Thimpress learnpress
Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions learnpress
Vendors & Products Thimpress
Thimpress learnpress
Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions learnpress

Sat, 17 Oct 2026 04:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin for Create and Sell Online Courses plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 4.4.10 This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to enumerate the complete site user roster and extract the full email address of any WordPress account, including administrator accounts, character-by-character by using the search response as an oracle against both user_login and user_email columns.
Title LearnPress <= 4.4.10 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Email Address Enumeration via 'search-authors' AJAX Action
Weaknesses CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


Subscriptions

Thimpress Learnpress
Wordpress-extensions Learnpress
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-17T03:43:30.064Z

Reserved: 2026-10-08T18:25:02.823Z

Link: CVE-2026-107744

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-17T04:16:48.113

Modified: 2026-10-17T04:16:48.113

Link: CVE-2026-107744

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Updated: 2026-10-17T22:45:15Z

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