Plugins · wp-courses · data as of 2026-11-04
Is WP Courses LMS safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version
- Latest version
- 3.2.30
- Last updated
- 2026-08-22
- Active installs
- 500+
- Known issues on record
- 4
- Unpatched in latest
- 0
- Tested up to WP
- 7.1.4
WP Courses LMS - Create Courses, Lessons, Quizzes, Profiles and more. Online Courses Builder, eLearning Courses, Courses Solution, Education Courses. — by hookandhook
What to do
- Update to the latest version (3.2.30). Anything older than 3.2.30 has at least one known issue listed below. Dashboard → Updates, or Plugins → “update now”.
- If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can.
- Turn on auto-updates for it: Plugins → “Enable auto-updates” on its row.
- If you ran a vulnerable version and something looks off (spam pages, strange admins, redirects), run the free scan.
With WP-CLI: wp plugin get wp-courses --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update wp-courses updates it.
Check your version
Known vulnerabilities
4 on record, newest first. “Affected” is the version range the source gives; “fixed in” is the version the source names, or (marked *) the first wordpress.org release after the last affected version.
medium 4.3 CVE-2026-10630 · published 2026-08-25
Missing authorization check in WP Courses LMS (3.2.29 and older)
- Affected
- 3.2.29 and older
- Fixed in
- 3.2.30 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence
Details from the advisory
The WP Courses LMS – Online Courses Builder, eLearning Courses, Courses Solution, Education Courses plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.29 via the 'resultID' parameter due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with custom-level access and above, to read any other user's quiz answers and scores by enumerating the incrementing resultID value via the wpcq_get_quiz_result AJAX action. The only access control on this endpoint is a nonce check (wpc_nonce) that is exposed to every logged-in user on the frontend, providing no meaningful authorization barrier.
NVD CVE-2026-10630Wordfence advisoryCode change (fix)Plugin source
medium 6.5 CVE-2026-31914 · published 2026-03-25
Cross-site scripting (XSS) in WP Courses LMS (3.2.26 and older)
- Affected
- 3.2.26 and older
- Fixed in
- 3.2.27
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- advisory text · score by Patchstack
Details from the advisory
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in hookandhook WP Courses LMS wp-courses allows DOM-Based XSS.This issue affects WP Courses LMS: from n/a through <= 3.2.26.
high 7.5 CVE-2024-12172 · published 2024-12-12
Missing authorization check in WP Courses LMS (3.2.21 and older)
- Affected
- 3.2.21 and older
- Fixed in
- 3.2.22 *
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- No login needed
- Range from
- CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence
Details from the advisory
The WP Courses LMS – Online Courses Builder, eLearning Courses, Courses Solution, Education Courses plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the wpc_update_user_meta_option() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.21. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update arbitrary user's metadata which can be levereged to block an administrator from accessing their site when wp_capabilities is set to 0.
medium 4.8 CVE-2021-24621 · published 2021-09-13
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in WP Courses LMS (older than 2.0.44)
- Affected
- older than 2.0.44
- Fixed in
- 2.0.44
- Access needed (per CVSS)
- Needs an admin-level account; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
- Range from
- advisory text · score by NVD
Details from the advisory
The WP Courses LMS WordPress plugin before 2.0.44 does not sanitise its Video Embed Code, allowing malicious code to be injected in it by high privilege users, even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed, which could lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting issues
Recent activity
- 2026-08-22 — latest release on wordpress.org (3.2.30).
- 2026-08-25 — Missing authorization check disclosed (CVE-2026-10630), fixed in 3.2.30.
- 2026-03-25 — Cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2026-31914), fixed in 3.2.27.
- 2024-12-12 — Missing authorization check disclosed (CVE-2024-12172), fixed in 3.2.22.
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Browse vulnerabilities
Types found in this plugin: Missing authorization (2) · Cross-site scripting (XSS) (2)
Where this data comes from
- Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/wp-courses (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-04.
- Vulnerabilities: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-04. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- Each record links to its CVE page and to the original advisory (Wordfence, Patchstack or WPScan) where there is one. We only list a CVE here when its references or its advisory name this exact plugin, so a few real issues may be missing; none should be about a different plugin. Spot an error? Email Daniel.
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