Critical 9.8Published Jul 8, 2026

CVE-2026-12153WP Learn Manager <= 1.1.8 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Plugin Installation and Activation via jslearnmanager_ajax AJAX Action

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 4:23 AM ET)

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The WP Learn Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.8. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to install and activate arbitrary plugins from the WordPress.org repository on the vulnerable site.

CVSS: 9.8 CRITICAL (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-862
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Wordfence
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Jul 8, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

rabilal WP Learn Manager rabilal:wp_learn_manager (from the name)	through 1.1.8	CNA record

References

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8cbf5121-2511-4e21-a346-67fa1e34fc02?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/learn-manager/tags/1.1.8/modules/jslearnmanager/model.php#L879
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/learn-manager/tags/1.1.8/modules/jslearnmanager/model.php#L920
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/learn-manager/tags/1.1.8/includes/ajax.php#L15
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/learn-manager/tags/1.1.8/includes/ajax.php#L8

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