CVE-2026-86449 LearnPress < 4.4.7 - Unauthenticated Unpublished Course Disclosure via REST API
Unauthenticated attackers can list unpublished LearnPress courses via REST API due to missing capability checks, exposing private content.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-86449?
CVE-2026-86449 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown LearnPress, published on 16 Sep 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The LearnPress WordPress plugin before 4.4.7 does not check the user's capabilities before applying a user supplied post status filter in one of its REST routes, allowing unauthenticated attackers to list courses that are not published, including draft, pending, private, scheduled and trashed ones.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-86449?
How do I fix CVE-2026-86449?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-86449 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-2026-86449 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-86449 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gwwh-q58c-5868.