CVE-2020-7916

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CVSS 3.1

6.5 medium

EPSS

1%p64

Published

Mar 16, 2020 (Mar 16, 2020)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

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.

Vendors: thimpress
Products: learnpress
Ecosystems: WordPress
Weakness: CWE-269
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (1.1%)

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