CVE-2020-11511
The LearnPress plugin before 3.2.6.9 for WordPress allows remote attackers to escalate the...
The LearnPress plugin before 3.2.6.9 for WordPress allows remote attackers to escalate the privileges of any user to LP Instructor via the accept-to-be-teacher action parameter.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The LearnPress plugin before 3.2.6.9 for WordPress allows remote attackers to escalate the privileges of any user to LP Instructor via the accept-to-be-teacher action parameter.
- Record
CVE-2020-11511- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The LearnPress plugin before 3.2.6.9 for WordPress allows remote attackers to escalate the privileges of any user to LP Instructor via the accept-to-be-teacher action parameter.
- Record
CVE-2020-11511- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-3864 No score
The LearnPress plugin before 3.2.6.9 for WordPress allows remote attackers to escalate the privileges of any user to LP Instructor via the accept-to-be-teacher action parameter.
- Record
EUVD-2020-3864- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-q66w-3fc8-f2mr
The LearnPress plugin before 3.2.6.9 for WordPress allows remote attackers to escalate the...
The LearnPress plugin before 3.2.6.9 for WordPress allows remote attackers to escalate the privileges of any user to LP Instructor via the accept-to-be-teacher action parameter.
- Record
GHSA-q66w-3fc8-f2mr- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-269, CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2020-11511 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.1) in Thimpress Learnpress, published July 27, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.21%, the 88th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
wordpress.org/plugins/learnpress
packetstormsecurity.com/files/163538/WordPress-LearnPress-Privilege-Escalation.html
wordfence.com/blog/2020/04/high-severity-vulnerabilities-patched-in-learnpress
cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/862.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-11511
github.com/advisories/GHSA-q66w-3fc8-f2mr