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CVE-2024-8522· NVD / CVE Program· CNA Wordfence

LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin <= 4.2.7 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via 'c_only_fields'

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Plan (action score 49/100)

  • A ready-made attack module is public (Metasploit, Nuclei); exploiting it takes no special expertise.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 62.8% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 99.1% of all records.
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
  • No fixed version is recorded, but the references include a patch (commit or PR) link.
  • Severity is disputed: the assigning authority (CNA) scores it 10.0, NVD 7.5.
  • Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

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Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

The LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'c_only_fields' parameter of the /wp-json/learnpress/v1/courses REST API endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.7 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

HighCVSS 7.5 · v3.1—Weaponized No fix recorded
Published
Sep 12, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
62.8% · 99th percentile

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Action score

49

Plan

Add it to your regular patch cycle.

CVSS
30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
19 / 30 · 62.8%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
7.5
CNA · Wordfence
10.0
2.5 point gap

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
thimpresslearnpress

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • thimpress learnpressbefore 4.2.7.1

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Wordfence). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • thimpress LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin for Create and Sell Online Courses

    • up to and including 4.2.7affected · semver

Same product

thimpress: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2024-4434LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin <= 4.2.6.5 - Unauthenticated Time-Based SQL Injection
    50Plan
  • CVE-2020-6010LearnPress Wordpress plugin version prior and including 3.2.6.7 is vulnerable to SQL Injection
    50Plan
  • CVE-2023-6567LearnPress <= 4.2.5.7 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via order_by
    45Plan
  • CVE-2023-6634LearnPress <= 4.2.5.7 - Command Injection
    42Plan
  • CVE-2022-47615WordPress LearnPress Plugin <= 4.1.7.3.2 is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion
    41Plan
  • CVE-2022-45808WordPress LearnPress Plugin <= 4.1.7.3.2 is vulnerable to SQL Injection
    40Plan

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

Weaponized

A ready exploit tool or active in-the-wild use is known for this vulnerability. This should be your top priority.

Evidence

  • Metasploit module ×1
  • Exploit-DB entry ×1
  • Nuclei detection template ×1
  • Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub ×1

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Exploit-DB entrywebapps2025-04-11
Metasploit moduleauxiliary/scanner/http/wp_learnpress_c_fields_sqliWordPress LearnPress Unauthenticated SQLi (CVE-2024-8522, CVE-2024-8529)auxiliary2024-09-11
Nuclei detection templateNuclei template CVE-2024-8522 —
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:22024-09-19

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

  1. Metasploit-1 d
  2. Published
  3. First PoC+7 d
  4. TodayOct 18, 2026+766 d
EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

Credits

All researchers

Finders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2024-4434121 days apartLearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin <= 4.2.6.5 - Unauthenticated Time-Based SQL Injection
    50Plan
  • CVE-2023-6567245 days apartLearnPress <= 4.2.5.7 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via order_by
    45Plan
  • CVE-2024-85290 days apartLearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin <= 4.2.7 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via 'c_fields'
    34Monitor
  • CVE-2024-754835 days apartLearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin <= 4.2.6.9.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection via order Parameter
    26Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.

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Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
none
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-89 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

nvd-primary

Root cause

The query text is built by concatenating user input. The database cannot tell where the data ends and the command begins.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-89 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

ts
const owner = req.query.owner;const rows = await db.query(  "SELECT * FROM files WHERE owner = '" + owner + "'");

Fixed

ts
const owner = req.query.owner;const rows = await db.query(  "SELECT * FROM files WHERE owner = $1",  [owner]);

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

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Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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