CVE-2019-15896
The upload_import function in the class.llms.admin.import.php script is prone to an unauthenticated options import vulnerability that could lead to privilege escalation (administrator account creation), website redirection, and stored XSS.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.49%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered in the LifterLMS plugin through 3.34.5 for WordPress. The upload_import function in the class.llms.admin.import.php script is prone to an unauthenticated options import vulnerability that could lead to privilege escalation (administrator account creation), website redirection, and stored XSS.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 6.49% probability · 94th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-306
- Affected
- lifterlms/lifterlms
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 6.5% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/critical-vulnerability-fixed-in-wordpress-lifterlms-plugin/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/lifterlms/#developersRelease Notes
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9871Third Party Advisory
- https://blog.nintechnet.com/critical-vulnerability-fixed-in-wordpress-lifterlms-plugin/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/lifterlms/#developersRelease Notes
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9871Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.