CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-11511
8.1 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-07-30
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-862
Description
The LearnPress plugin before 3.2.6.9 for WordPress allows remote attackers to escalate the privileges of any user to LP Instructor via the accept-to-be-teacher action parameter.
Affected configurations
• thimpress learnpress (< 3.2.6.9)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization weakness
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163538/WordPress-LearnPress-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/862.html Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/learnpress/#developers Product, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/04/high-severity-vulnerabilities-patched-in-learnpress/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163538/WordPress-LearnPress-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/862.html Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/learnpress/#developers Product, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/04/high-severity-vulnerabilities-patched-in-learnpress/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory