CVE-2025-14802 Missing authorization in LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin for Create and Sell Online Courses
Authenticated instructors can delete arbitrary lesson materials from other teachers due to a parameter mismatch in the REST API authorization check.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-14802?
CVE-2025-14802 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in thimpress LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin for Create and Sell Online Courses, published on 7 Jan 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized file deletion in versions up to, and including, 4.3.2.2 via the /wp-json/lp/v1/material/{file_id} REST API endpoint. This is due to a parameter mismatch between the DELETE operation and authorization check, where the endpoint uses file_id from the URL path but the permission callback validates item_id from the request body. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with teacher-level access, to delete arbitrary lesson material files uploaded by other teachers via sending a DELETE request with their own item_id (to pass authorization) while targeting another teacher's file_id.
Weakness: CWE-639
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14802?
How do I fix CVE-2025-14802?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14802 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-2025-14802 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14802 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c6ww-cj2q-f8xm.