What is CVE-2026-82024?

CVE-2026-82024 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Thimpress Learnpress, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2026-09-03.

How severe is CVE-2026-82024?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Thimpress Learnpress

CVE-2026-82024

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.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2026-09-03 · last modified 2026-09-08.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (13.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-19.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 13th percentile — 13.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Thimpress Learnpress

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

Release Notes (release-notes)
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/learnpress-wordpress-plugin-stored-xss-via-quiz-qu… (third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-82024?: CVE-2026-82024 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Thimpress Learnpress, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2026-09-03.
How severe is CVE-2026-82024?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.