CVE-2026-8502
Description
The LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin for Create and Sell Online Courses plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 4.3.6 via the 'return_type' parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data including the plaintext post_password of password-protected courses and the full post_content, post_author, and post_name of unpublished draft, private, and pending courses via the unrestricted SELECT * fallback query. Exploitation requires supplying both c_status=all (to bypass the publish-only post_status WHERE clause) and return_type=json (to prevent the safe DISTINCT(ID) AS ID field override) in a single unauthenticated request to the /wp-json/lp/v1/courses/archive-course endpoint.
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Affected products
3<=4.3.6+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <=4.3.6
- (no CPE)range: <=4.3.6
- Range: <=4.3.6
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
14- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/learnpress/tags/4.3.2.8/inc/Databases/class-lp-course-db.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/learnpress/tags/4.3.2.8/inc/Databases/class-lp-db.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/learnpress/tags/4.3.2.8/inc/Models/Courses.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/learnpress/tags/4.3.2.8/inc/Models/Courses.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/learnpress/tags/4.3.2.8/inc/rest-api/v1/frontend/class-lp-rest-courses-controller.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/learnpress/tags/4.3.2.8/inc/rest-api/v1/frontend/class-lp-rest-courses-controller.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/learnpress/tags/4.3.6/inc/Databases/class-lp-course-db.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/learnpress/tags/4.3.6/inc/Databases/class-lp-db.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/learnpress/tags/4.3.6/inc/Models/Courses.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/learnpress/tags/4.3.6/inc/Models/Courses.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/learnpress/tags/4.3.6/inc/rest-api/v1/frontend/class-lp-rest-courses-controller.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/learnpress/tags/4.3.6/inc/rest-api/v1/frontend/class-lp-rest-courses-controller.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changesetnvd
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a32a6ea3-4473-4075-b660-9bba083ae0bfnvd
News mentions
1- Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (June 1, 2026 to June 7, 2026)Wordfence Blog · Jun 11, 2026