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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.25%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 3.25% probability · 88th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- lifterlms/lifterlms
- Source
- contact@wpscan.com
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162856/WordPress-LifterLMS-4.21.0-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/gocodebox/lifterlms/releases/tag/4.21.1Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f29f68a5-6575-441d-98c9-867145f2b082Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162856/WordPress-LifterLMS-4.21.0-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/gocodebox/lifterlms/releases/tag/4.21.1Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f29f68a5-6575-441d-98c9-867145f2b082Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.