# CVE-2025-13956: LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin <= 4.3.1 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Orders Statistics Exposure

> Unauthenticated attackers can view sensitive order statistics and revenue data due to missing capability checks in the LearnPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g5h3-m84x-898j

## What is CVE-2025-13956?

CVE-2025-13956 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in thimpress LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin for Create and Sell Online Courses, published on 16 Dec 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the statistic function in all versions up to, and including, 4.3.1. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to view the plugin's orders statistics, including total revenue summaries and order status counts

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-13956?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-13956?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-13956 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-13956 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-13956 exists.

Public exploit code:

- LearnPress < 4.3.2 - Broken Access Control (nuclei): http/cves/2025/CVE-2025-13956.yaml

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

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Check this codebase for CVE-2025-13956 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-13956 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in thimpress LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin for Create and Sell Online Courses, published on 16 Dec 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-13956 exists.

Affected product: thimpress LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin for Create and Sell Online Courses. 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-2025-13956/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13956/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-13956
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13956
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-13956

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13956/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.