CVE-2026-12971

Status: DeferredLow (2.2)—

The LearnPress WordPress plugin before 4.4.4 does not validate a user-supplied URL before the server fetches it, allowing users with the instructor role to induce the server to issue requests to arbitrary external hosts, a blind and bounded server-side request forgery.

CVSS

Version: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Base score: 2.2

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.24%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 14
Score date: 9/30/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

⚠ AI-inferred from the description — NVD hasn't analyzed this CVE yet, these aren't verified CPEs.

Thimpress — Learnpress^AI

CWEs

CWE-918

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ef69bd9d-ec2a-4526-b2b9-51948fa76980/

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