CVE-2024-4971 Cross-site scripting in LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin for Create and Sell Online Courses

Medium 6.4 Published Updated

Attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via the id parameter, allowing code execution in victim browsers if they click a malicious link.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-4971?

CVE-2024-4971 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in thimpress LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin for Create and Sell Online Courses, published on 22 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘id’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.6.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-4971?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Thimpress Learnpress.

How do I fix CVE-2024-4971?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-4971 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-2024-4971 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-4971 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-9ggc-jprr-xmm8.

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