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

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

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Sep 2026
- **Updated:** 1 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f3vp-h5hg-9gmp

## 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 (Incorrect Authorization)

## 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.

## Is CVE-2026-82023 being exploited?

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

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-82023 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: ThimPress LearnPress. 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-2026-82023/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-82023/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-82023
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-82023
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-82023

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-82023/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.