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the plaintext post_password of password-protected courses and the full post_content, post_author, and post_name of unpublished draft, private, and pending courses via the unrestricted SELECT * fallback query.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.
CVE-2026-8502 is a medium severity with CVSS 5.3 Sensitive Information Exposure issue affecting the Plugin LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin for Create and Sell Online Courses. It affects Versions up to 4.3.6 and is fixed in 4.3.7.
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CVE-2026-8502 is tracked for the Plugin LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin for Create and Sell Online Courses as medium severity with CVSS 5.3. The affected range is Versions up to 4.3.6. Update LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin for Create and Sell Online Courses to 4.3.7 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
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| Software Type | Plugin |
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| Software Slug |
learnpress
View on wordpress.org
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| CVE | CVE-2026-8502 |
| Patched Versions |
4.3.7
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| Affected Versions |
Versions up to 4.3.6
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