CVE-2026-12970 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The LearnPress WordPress plugin before 4.4.1 does not escape a search parameter before reflecting it into an HTML attribute, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting that executes in the browser of a logged-in instructor or administrator who is tricked into opening a crafted link.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00152.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

LearnPress

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 4.4.1

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Project Subscriptions

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d0a2780f-ab13-4bb8-935d-2aeba1de12d2/

History

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-79
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 07:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		The LearnPress WordPress plugin before 4.4.1 does not escape a search parameter before reflecting it into an HTML attribute, leading to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting that executes in the browser of a logged-in instructor or administrator who is tricked into opening a crafted link.
Title		LearnPress < 4.4.1 - Reflected XSS via c_search
References		https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d0a2780f-ab13-4bb8-935d-2aeba1de12d2/

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-07-20T06:00:03.955Z

Updated: 2026-07-20T15:01:31.822Z

Reserved: 2026-06-23T09:44:40.334Z

Link: CVE-2026-12970

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-20T15:01:22.728Z

NVD

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Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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