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Three WordPress vulnerabilities commonly used by e-learning and Fortune 500 were subject to severe security issues, researchers say. On 30 April 2020, Check Point published research surrounding three popular WordPress plugins, LearnPress , LearnDash , and LifterLMS , learning management systems (LMS) widely used for educational purposes especially at a time when distance learning is being more widely adopted due to the coronavirus outbreak. Critical vulnerabilities in e-learning platform WordPress plugins 2020 LMS platforms can be used to manage online courses, both free and paid, as well as to host student resources, issue and mark assignments, and to facilitate discussion between students. LearnPress, developed by ThimPress, is a plugin for creating and publishing courses with over 80,000 active installations. LearnDash is another LMS course creation bolt-on used by universities and Fortune 500 companies -- roughly 33,000 websites in total -- and LifterLMS is a course and