CVE-2022-2563 Tutor LMS < 2.0.10 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

What is CVE-2022-2563?

CVE-2022-2563 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution, published on 17 Oct 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The Tutor LMS WordPress plugin before 2.0.10 does not escape some course parameters, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2563?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Themeum Tutor Lms.

How do I fix CVE-2022-2563?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-2563 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2022-2563 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-2563 exists.

Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution

• CVE-2024-4223 Tutor LMS <= 2.7.0 - Missing Authorization Critical 9.8
• CVE-2024-4318 Tutor LMS <= 2.7.0 - Authenticated (Instructor+) SQL Injection High 8.8
• CVE-2024-4351 Tutor LMS Pro <= 2.7.0 - Missing Authorization to Privilege Escalation High 8.8
• CVE-2024-4352 Tutor LMS Pro <= 2.7.0 - Missing Authorization to SQL Injection High 8.8
• CVE-2024-1751 Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution <= 2.6.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection High 8.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-8vp3-gv73-jccx.