Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)Weakness · CWE-352

CVE-2026-22483

MEDIUM · 5.4 CVSS v3.1 Published 2026-01-22
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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61/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable No privileges

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in winkm89 teachPress teachpress allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects teachPress: from n/a through <= 9.0.12.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in teachPress plugin versions up to 9.0.12 allows attackers to trick authenticated users into performing unintended actions by forging HTTP requests, as the application lacks proper anti-CSRF token validation on state-changing operations.

MitigationImplement anti-CSRF tokens (nonces) on all forms and AJAX endpoints that perform state-changing operations, validate these tokens server-side, and configure SameSite attributes on session cookies.

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From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

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  1. Verify teachPress plugin is installed
    Navigate to WordPress admin > Plugins and confirm teachPress appears in the list of installed plugins, or inspect the file system at /wp-content/plugins/teachpress/ for the existence of the plugin directory
    Affected if teachPress plugin is present in the WordPress installation
  2. Determine installed teachPress version
    Check the plugin header in teachpress.php file for the Version field, or view the version displayed in the WordPress Plugins admin page
    Affected if the reported version is 9.0.12 or any earlier version (versions prior to the fix)
  3. Inspect plugin forms for nonce fields
    View page source of teachPress admin pages (e.g., course management, participant list) and search for wpnonce, _wpnonce, or nonce_field in <input> tags within forms
    Affected if forms lack any nonce input field or the hidden nonce token is missing
  4. Check AJAX handlers for nonce verification
    Examine teachPress PHP files in /ajax/ folder (or similar) and look for calls to check_ajax_referer() or wp_verify_nonce() before processing state-changing requests
    Affected if AJAX endpoints do not call nonce verification functions prior to executing actions
  5. Verify SameSite cookie configuration
    Inspect HTTP response headers when logging into WordPress admin and check if session cookies have SameSite attribute set (can view via browser DevTools > Network tab)
    Affected if session cookies lack SameSite attribute or have it set to None without Secure flag

A user is affected if teachPress version 9.0.12 or earlier is installed AND any state-changing forms or AJAX endpoints lack proper nonce verification.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Implement anti-CSRF tokens (nonces) on all forms and AJAX endpoints that perform state-changing operations, validate these tokens server-side, and configure SameSite attributes on session cookies.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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  • Testing6.0 h
  • Review / QA3.0 h
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