CVE-2025-13964 LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin <= 4.3.2 - Missing Authentication to Unauthenticated Course Modification
Unauthenticated attackers can modify course contents due to missing capability checks in the LearnPress WordPress plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-13964?
CVE-2025-13964 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in thimpress LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin for Create and Sell Online Courses, published on 6 Jan 2026. 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 modification of data due to a missing capability check on the catch_lp_ajax function in all versions up to, and including, 4.3.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify course contents by adding/removing/updating/re-ordering sections or modifying section items.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-13964?
How do I fix CVE-2025-13964?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-13964 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-13964 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-13964 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c79c-p5w8-9wmc.