# CVE-2022-1250: LifterLMS PayPal < 1.4.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

> Attackers can execute arbitrary scripts in victim browsers via unsanitized parameters on the payment confirmation page of the LifterLMS PayPal plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 May 2022
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xc5f-4vv8-gxfp

## What is CVE-2022-1250?

CVE-2022-1250 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown LifterLMS Paypal, published on 2 May 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The LifterLMS PayPal WordPress plugin before 1.4.0 does not sanitise and escape some parameters from the payment confirmation page before outputting them back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1250?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Lifterlms Lifterlms.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-1250?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-1250 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-1250 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1250 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown LifterLMS Paypal

- [CVE-2020-6008](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6008/): File upload in LifterLMS Wordpress Plugin (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-15896](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-15896/): Missing authorization in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-52717](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-52717/): WordPress LifterLMS plugin <= 8.0.6 - SQL Injection Vulnerability (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2024-4743](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4743/): LifterLMS – WordPress LMS Plugin for eLearning <= 7.6.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection via Shortcode (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-24562](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24562/): LifterLMS < 4.21.2 - Access Other Student Grades/Answers via IDOR (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-1250 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-1250 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown LifterLMS Paypal, published on 2 May 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1250 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown LifterLMS Paypal. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1250/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1250/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1250
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1250
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-1250

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1250/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.