# CVE-2024-39641: WordPress LearnPress plugin <= 4.2.6.8.2 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability

> An attacker can trick authenticated users into performing unwanted actions in the LearnPress WordPress plugin, potentially compromising their accounts or data.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-j7m9-gwcg-6hp9

## What is CVE-2024-39641?

CVE-2024-39641 is a medium-severity vulnerability in ThimPress LearnPress, published on 26 Aug 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in ThimPress LearnPress.This issue affects LearnPress: from n/a through 4.2.6.8.2.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-39641?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Thimpress Learnpress.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-39641?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-39641 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-39641 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-39641 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in ThimPress LearnPress

- [CVE-2024-8522](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8522/): LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin <= 4.2.7 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via 'c_only_fields' (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2024-8529](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8529/): LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin <= 4.2.7 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via 'c_fields' (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2022-45808](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-45808/): WordPress LearnPress Plugin <= 4.1.7.3.2 is vulnerable to SQL Injection (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2024-4434](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4434/): LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin <= 4.2.6.5 - Unauthenticated Time-Based SQL Injection (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-6567](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6567/): LearnPress <= 4.2.5.7 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via order_by (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-39641 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-39641 is a medium-severity vulnerability in ThimPress LearnPress, published on 26 Aug 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-39641 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: ThimPress LearnPress. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-39641/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-39641/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-39641
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-39641
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-39641

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-39641/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.