CVE-2026-12971

LOWPre-NVD 2.22.2—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 2.2 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: LOW) published 2026-08-10. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 2.2; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
2.2EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 2.2Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

The LearnPress WordPress plugin before 4.4.4 does not validate a user-supplied URL before the server fetches it, allowing users with the instructor role to induce the server to issue requests to arbitrary external hosts, a blind and bounded server-side request forgery.

CVSS v3
2.2
EG Score
2.2(high)
EG Risk
10(Track)
EG Risk 10/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity22% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
9%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 10, 2026

Last Modified

August 11, 2026

References (1)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-12971(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 20× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-19 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-08-18 01:18 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-18 01:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-08-14 23:17 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-08-14 23:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-08-12 13:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-08-11 21:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-11 20:30 UTCEG score recompute▲ 2.20
  14. 2026-08-11 20:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-11 20:30 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 2.2 · severity → LOW
  16. 2026-08-11 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-08-10 23:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-08-10 07:19 UTCNVD update
  19. 2026-08-10 06:41 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-08-10 06:41 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-12971?
CVE-2026-12971 is a low vulnerability published on August 10, 2026. The LearnPress WordPress plugin before 4.4.4 does not validate a user-supplied URL before the server fetches it, allowing users with the instructor role to induce the server to issue requests to arbitrary external hosts, a blind and bounded server-side request forgery.
When was CVE-2026-12971 disclosed?
CVE-2026-12971 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 10, 2026, with the most recent update on August 11, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-12971 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-12971 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 91.2% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-12971?
CVE-2026-12971 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 2.2 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-12971?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-12971, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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