Creator LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin for Coaches, Cohorts & Course Creators <= 1.2.19 — Authenticated (Subscriber+) Free Paid Course Enrollment

Am I affected?

• Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Creator LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin for Coaches, Cohorts & Course Creators.
• No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.

What to do

1. Update to version 1.2.20, or a newer patched version
2. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
3. Watch Creator LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin for Coaches, Cohorts & Course Creators to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to khado.

The Creator LMS – WordPress LMS Plugin for Coaches, Cohorts & Course Creators plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Payment Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.19. This is due to missing server-side validation of the attacker-supplied `purchase_by` parameter in the cart and checkout flow, allowing the point-purchase flag to be stored in the session and honoured at checkout regardless of whether the course supports point purchasing or the user holds enough points. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to enroll in paid courses for free by supplying a forged `purchase_by=point` value that causes the checkout to skip payment entirely, even when point purchasing is not configured or the user has an insufficient balance.

Exploits & references

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

• Advisorywordfence.com

Related CVEs

Timeline

1. Sep 30, 2026

   CVE published

   Severity medium, CVSS 6.3

2. Nov 13, 2026

   Record last updated