# CVE-2026-82024: LearnPress WordPress Plugin < 4.4.6 Stored XSS via Quiz Question Answer Titles

> Authenticated instructors can inject persistent JavaScript via quiz answer titles, executing code in other users' browsers.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.1 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Sep 2026
- **Updated:** 1 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7c9g-vc8f-3266

## What is CVE-2026-82024?

CVE-2026-82024 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in ThimPress LearnPress, published on 3 Sep 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

LearnPress WordPress Plugin before 4.4.6 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers with the Instructor role to inject persistent malicious payloads by submitting unsanitized input into quiz question answer title fields. Attackers can store arbitrary JavaScript through the answer title parameter, which is rendered through an unescaped HTML sink to execute in the browsers of any user who views the affected quiz question, including students, other instructors, and administrators.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-82024?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-82024?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-82024 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-82024 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-82024 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-82024 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-82024 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in ThimPress LearnPress, published on 3 Sep 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-82024 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-2026-82024/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-82024/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-82024
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-82024
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-82024

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-82024/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.