CVE-2026-92538 thimpress CVE debrief

Who should care

WordPress administrators, security teams, and users of the LearnPress plugin should be aware of this vulnerability and take necessary actions to mitigate the risk. This includes verifying the presence of the LearnPress plugin version 4.4.7 or earlier in their WordPress installation, assessing the exposure of administrative users to potential attacks, and considering additional security measures to prevent Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

Why it matters

The LearnPress plugin vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts, potentially leading to Cross-Site Scripting attacks. Defenders should prioritize verifying the presence of this vulnerability in their WordPress installations and assess the exposure of administrative users to potential attacks.

• Defenders should verify the presence of this vulnerability in their WordPress installations.
• Assess the exposure of administrative users to potential attacks.
• Consider implementing additional security measures to prevent Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
• Prioritize patching or mitigating the vulnerability to prevent potential attacks.

Technical summary

The LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin for Create and Sell Online Courses plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via the 'orderby' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 4.4.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Defensive priority

Defenders should prioritize verifying the presence of this vulnerability in their WordPress installations and assess the exposure of administrative users to potential attacks.

Recommended defensive actions

• Verify the presence of the LearnPress plugin version 4.4.7 or earlier in your WordPress installation.
• Assess the exposure of administrative users to potential attacks.
• Consider implementing additional security measures to prevent Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
• Review compensating controls for exposed systems while remediation is scheduled and verified.
• Check relevant monitoring, detection, and logs for exposed assets that need extra review.
• Track exceptions, retest remediated assets, and close the item only after evidence is documented.
• Confirm whether affected product deployments exist in managed environments and assign an owner for follow-up.

Evidence notes

The CVE record and NVD entry provide details on the vulnerability, including its CVSS score of 6.1 and MEDIUM severity. The LearnPress plugin's vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts.

Sources and references

Methodology and review provenance

AI-assisted synthesis based on stored public vulnerability evidence. System validation, approval state, and publication status do not by themselves establish human review of this revision. PatchSiren helps prioritize defensive review and does not prove exposure or remediation on any system.