# CVE-2026-118054: LearnPress Course Review stored DOM-based XSS in review_title

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-118054-the-learnpress-course-review-plugin-for-wordpress-is-vulnerable  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-11-07. Updated: 2026-11-07  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2026-118054 · Severity: medium · CVSS 6.4 · Published 2026-11-07

LearnPress Course Review is a WordPress plugin for managing course reviews and ratings. The plugin fails to properly sanitize the review title field, allowing authenticated users to inject malicious JavaScript code that executes in other users' browsers after an administrator approves the review. This can lead to account hijacking, session theft, or malware distribution to site visitors.

Vendors: [LearnPress](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/learnpress).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2026-118054 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-118054 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-118054?** Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 6.4, published 7 November 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** LearnPress Course Review up to and including 4.2.2.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2026-118054?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**How is CVE-2026-118054 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in a web application.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-118054?** Check whether you run LearnPress Course Review at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Technical details

The vulnerability is a stored DOM-based cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw in the review_title parameter (inside data.args.review_title) caused by insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. Authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access or higher can inject arbitrary scripts; execution occurs once a site administrator approves the review, though auto-approval configurations may bypass manual moderation. The injected payload persists in the database and executes whenever the page is accessed.

## Affected products

- LearnPress LearnPress Course Review up to and including 4.2.2

## Timeline

- 2026-11-07: disclosed

## References

- [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/learnpress-course-review/tags/4.2.2/inc/TemplateHooks/CourseRatingTemplate.php](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/learnpress-course-review/tags/4.2.2/inc/TemplateHooks/CourseRatingTemplate.php)
- [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/learnpress-course-review/tags/4.2.2/inc/TemplateHooks/CourseRatingTemplate.php](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/learnpress-course-review/tags/4.2.2/inc/TemplateHooks/CourseRatingTemplate.php)