CVE-2024-8522

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

10.0 CriticalPublic exploit

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

62.9%Up 62.8 points since Sep 13, 2024

What each source reports

CVE List Score used10.0

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

Record: CVE-2024-8522
CVSS 3.1: 10.0 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-89
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2024-4924010.0

Record: EUVD-2024-49240
CVSS 3.1: 10.0 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3w3r-r6g6-w8x510.0

The LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the...

Record: GHSA-3w3r-r6g6-w8x5
CVSS 3.1: 10.0 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-89
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD10.0

Record: CVE-2024-8522
CVSS 3.1: 10.0 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-89
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
Source	Link	Date
Exploit-DB	LearnPress WordPress LMS Plugin 4.2.7 - SQL Injection	2025-04-11
Metasploit	WordPress LearnPress Unauthenticated SQLi (CVE-2024-8522, CVE-2024-8529)	2024-09-11
Nuclei	LearnPress < 4.2.7.1 - SQL Injection
PoC in GitHub	Avento/CVE-2024-8522	2024-09-19

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, Metasploit, Nuclei, NVD, PoC in GitHub

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2024-8522 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 10.0) in Thimpress Learnpress, published September 12, 2024. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 62.9%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.