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CVE-2026-15309: CourseCure Courses (WordPress plugin) · Improper Privilege Management

Affects CourseCure Courses (WordPress plugin)Source CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.8 High.

Data as of 12 Nov 2026, 11:49 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
8.8High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CNA (Wordfence)CVSS 3.18.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 12 Nov 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 12 Nov 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
WishList MemberCourseCure CoursesAffected
  • <=1.5.1
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Users should restrict access to the CourseCure Courses plugin and monitor for updates from the vendor. Until a fix is available, avoid granting subscriber or higher privileges to untrusted users.

Description

The CourseCure Courses WordPress plugin up to version 1.5.1 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability due to missing authorization checks in the ajax_save_settings() function. Authenticated users with subscriber-level access or higher can exploit this flaw by modifying WordPress options to set the default role to administrator and enable user registration, allowing them to create new administrator accounts.

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