CVE-2026-12971

LearnPress <= 4.4.3 - Authenticated (Instructor+) Server-Side Request Forgery

2026-08-06 00:00

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 4.4.4
Affected Plugin: LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin for Create and Sell Online Courses
Affected Version: <= 4.4.3
CVSS: 6.4Medium
Weakness type: CWE-918 · Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
CVE: CVE-2026-12971

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At a glance

CVE-2026-12971 is a medium-severity Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in the LearnPress WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 4.4.3. It carries a CVSS score of 6.4 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Instructor level or above. The issue is fixed in version 4.4.4; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed August 2026, reported by Meher Sudhakar Abbireddi.

Vulnerability Overview

The LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin for Create and Sell Online Courses plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 4.4.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Instructor-level access and above, to make web requests to arbitrary locations originating from the web application which can be used to query and modify information from internal services.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-918: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Reaching this weakness in LearnPress <= 4.4.3 takes an account at Instructor level or above. Server-side request forgery means the application fetches a URL supplied by the caller, turning the server into a proxy for requests the attacker could not make directly.

The request originates from inside the hosting network, which is how these flaws reach cloud metadata endpoints, internal admin panels and services that trust local traffic. For LearnPress the fix is 4.4.4: builds <= 4.4.3 are affected, anything from 4.4.4 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 4.4.4, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

An attacker needs Instructor access first, so the firewall sees the attempt as traffic from a logged-in account: WordSec's web application firewall inspects request payloads before WordPress loads them. None of that substitutes for the fix: LearnPress 4.4.4 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

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External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-12971 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7f96a16e-0ae5-421e-b3d3-7299a5f99e1d https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12971

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CVSS Vector

6.4

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeChanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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