Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 16, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2020-7916

Description

be_teacher in class-lp-admin-ajax.php in the LearnPress plugin 3.2.6.5 and earlier for WordPress allows any registered user to assign itself the teacher role via the wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=learnpress_be_teacher URI without any additional permission checks. Therefore, any user can change its role to an instructor/teacher and gain access to otherwise restricted data.

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Affected products

Thimpress/Learnpress
cpe:2.3:a:thimpress:learnpress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Range: <=3.2.6.5
WordPress/LearnPress plugindescription
WordPress/Learnpressllm-fuzzy
Range: <=3.2.6.5
Package: https://wordpress.org/plugins/learnpress

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

wordpress.org/plugins/learnpress/nvdRelease NotesThird Party Advisory

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