LifterLMS < 4.21.1 - Authenticated Stored XSS in Edit Profile
CVE-2021-24308

5.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
Lms By Lifterlms – Online Course, Membership & Learning Management System Plugin For WordPress
Vendor
CVE Published:
24 May 2021

What is CVE-2021-24308?

The 'State' field of the Edit profile page of the LMS by LifterLMS – Online Course, Membership & Learning Management System Plugin for WordPress plugin before 4.21.1 is not properly sanitised when output in the About section of the profile page, leading to a stored Cross-Site Scripting issue. This could allow low privilege users (such as students) to elevate their privilege via an XSS attack when an admin will view their profile.

Affected Version(s)

LMS by LifterLMS – Online Course, Membership & Learning Management System Plugin for WordPress 4.21.1

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f29f68a5-6575-441d-98c9-...
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https://github.com/gocodebox/lifterlms/releases/tag/4.21.1
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http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162856/WordPress-Lif...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

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