LearnPress <= 4.1.3.1 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting via $custom_profile

5.5
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2021-39348
CVSS 5.5 (Medium)
Publicly Published October 18, 2021
Last Updated February 3, 2023
Researcher Thinkland Security Team

Description

The LearnPress WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient escaping on the $custom_profile parameter found in the ~/inc/admin/views/backend-user-profile.php file which allowed attackers with administrative user access to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 4.1.3.1. This affects multi-site installations where unfiltered_html is disabled for administrators, and sites where unfiltered_html is disabled. Please note that this is seperate from CVE-2021-24702.

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Vulnerability Details for LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug learnpress (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 4.1.3.2, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 4.1.3.1
Patched Version
  • 4.1.3.2

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