LMS by LifterLMS โ€“ Online Course, Membership & Learning Management System Plugin <= 4.21.0 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting

5.4
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2021-24308
CVSS 5.4 (Medium)
Publicly Published May 10, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher captain_hook

Description

The 'State' field of the Edit profile page of the LMS by LifterLMS โ€“ 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.

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Vulnerability Details for LifterLMS โ€“ WP LMS for eLearning, Online Courses, & Quizzes

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug lifterlms (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 4.21.1, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 4.21.1
Patched Version
  • 4.21.1

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