CVE-2026-12971 LearnPress < 4.4.4 - Instructor+ Server-Side Request Forgery via openai_apply_image_feature
Instructors can trigger server-side requests to arbitrary hosts via unvalidated URLs in LearnPress, potentially accessing internal resources or bypassing network restrictions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-12971?
CVE-2026-12971 is a low-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Unknown LearnPress, published on 10 Aug 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The LearnPress WordPress plugin before 4.4.4 does not validate a user-supplied URL before the server fetches it, allowing users with the instructor role to induce the server to issue requests to arbitrary external hosts, a blind and bounded server-side request forgery.
Weakness: CWE-918
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-12971?
How do I fix CVE-2026-12971?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-12971 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and send outbound requests through an allow-list that blocks internal addresses. More about Server-side request forgery.
Is CVE-2026-12971 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-12971 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w229-45jg-vp35.