CVE-2026-82023 LearnPress WordPress Plugin < 4.4.6 Broken Object-Level Authorization via Quiz Answer Insert

Medium 5.3 Published Updated

Authenticated instructors can modify quiz answers in courses owned by other instructors due to missing ownership checks.

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-2026-82023?

CVE-2026-82023 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in ThimPress LearnPress, published on 3 Sep 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

LearnPress WordPress Plugin before 4.4.6 contains a broken object-level authorization vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers with the Instructor role to add answers to quiz questions owned by other instructors by exploiting a missing ownership check on the question answer insert path. Attackers can supply arbitrary question identifiers during answer insertion, bypassing instructor-boundary restrictions to persistently modify quiz content across courses they do not own.

Weakness: CWE-863

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-82023?

How do I fix CVE-2026-82023?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-82023 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-2026-82023 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-82023 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-f3vp-h5hg-9gmp.

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