CVE-2024-1463 LearnPress <= 4.2.6.3 - Authenticated(LP Instructor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Authenticated instructors can inject malicious scripts into course content, leading to script execution for other users.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-1463?
CVE-2024-1463 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in thimpress LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin for Create and Sell Online Courses, published on 9 Apr 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Course, Lesson, and Quiz title and content in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.6.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with LP Instructor-level access, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1463?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Thimpress Learnpress.
How do I fix CVE-2024-1463?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1463 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-2024-1463 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1463 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in thimpress LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin for Create and Sell Online Courses
- CVE-2024-8522 LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin <= 4.2.7 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via 'c_only_fields'
- CVE-2024-8529 LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin <= 4.2.7 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via 'c_fields'
- CVE-2022-45808 WordPress LearnPress Plugin <= 4.1.7.3.2 is vulnerable to SQL Injection
- CVE-2024-4434 LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin <= 4.2.6.5 - Unauthenticated Time-Based SQL Injection
- CVE-2023-6567 LearnPress <= 4.2.5.7 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via order_by
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j6hc-65ch-6v6p.