CVE-2026-86445: CWE-200 Information Exposure in LearnPress
The LearnPress WordPress plugin before 4.4.7 does not check the user's capabilities in one of its administrative template handlers, allowing unauthenticated attackers to retrieve the text, identifier and type of every published quiz question on the site, along with a keyword search over them, which is content the LearnPress WordPress plugin before 4.4.7 otherwise keeps non-public.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-86445 is an information exposure vulnerability in the LearnPress WordPress plugin versions 4.2.9 up to but not including 4.4.7. The flaw arises from missing capability checks in an administrative template handler, which permits unauthenticated attackers to retrieve sensitive quiz question content that is normally non-public. This includes the text, identifier, and type of all published quiz questions and allows keyword searching over this data.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows unauthorized disclosure of quiz question content that is intended to be non-public. This could lead to exposure of sensitive educational content or intellectual property managed within the LearnPress plugin. There is no indication of code execution or privilege escalation, but the confidentiality of quiz data is compromised.
Mitigation Recommendations
Upgrade LearnPress to version 4.4.7 or later, where this vulnerability is fixed. Since the affected versions are explicitly stated, applying the official update is the recommended remediation. No other mitigation steps are indicated.
CVE-2026-86445: CWE-200 Information Exposure in LearnPress
Description
The LearnPress WordPress plugin before 4.4.7 does not check the user's capabilities in one of its administrative template handlers, allowing unauthenticated attackers to retrieve the text, identifier and type of every published quiz question on the site, along with a keyword search over them, which is content the LearnPress WordPress plugin before 4.4.7 otherwise keeps non-public.
Affected software
LearnPress
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-86445 is an information exposure vulnerability in the LearnPress WordPress plugin versions 4.2.9 up to but not including 4.4.7. The flaw arises from missing capability checks in an administrative template handler, which permits unauthenticated attackers to retrieve sensitive quiz question content that is normally non-public. This includes the text, identifier, and type of all published quiz questions and allows keyword searching over this data.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows unauthorized disclosure of quiz question content that is intended to be non-public. This could lead to exposure of sensitive educational content or intellectual property managed within the LearnPress plugin. There is no indication of code execution or privilege escalation, but the confidentiality of quiz data is compromised.
Mitigation Recommendations
Upgrade LearnPress to version 4.4.7 or later, where this vulnerability is fixed. Since the affected versions are explicitly stated, applying the official update is the recommended remediation. No other mitigation steps are indicated.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- WPScan
- Date Reserved
- 2026-09-07T12:51:45.155Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6aaa32e255bf5e2cf517fb3c
Added to database: 09/16/2026, 06:10:42 UTC
Last enriched: 09/16/2026, 06:18:39 UTC
Last updated: 09/16/2026, 22:11:12 UTC
Views: 11
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