CVE-2021-24308

The 'State' field of the Edit profile page of the LMS by LifterLMS – 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.

CVSS v3 5.4 MEDIUM
CVSS v2.0 3.5 LOW

5.4^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.3 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

3.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : LOW

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 6.8 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162856/WordPress-LifterLMS-4.21.0-Cross-Site-Scripting.html	Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://github.com/gocodebox/lifterlms/releases/tag/4.21.1	Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f29f68a5-6575-441d-98c9-867145f2b082	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:lifterlms:lifterlms:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2021-05-24 11:15

Updated : 2021-06-03 14:22

NVD link : CVE-2021-24308

Mitre link : CVE-2021-24308

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-24308

JSON object : View

Products Affected

lifterlms

lifterlms

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

{"id": "CVE-2021-24308", "cveTags": [], "metrics": {"cvssMetricV2": [{"type": "Primary", "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "cvssData": {"version": "2.0", "baseScore": 3.5, "accessVector": "NETWORK", "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N", "authentication": "SINGLE", "integrityImpact": "PARTIAL", "accessComplexity": "MEDIUM", "availabilityImpact": "NONE", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE"}, "acInsufInfo": false, "impactScore": 2.9, "baseSeverity": "LOW", "obtainAllPrivilege": false, "exploitabilityScore": 6.8, "obtainUserPrivilege": false, "obtainOtherPrivilege": false, "userInteractionRequired": true}], "cvssMetricV31": [{"type": "Primary", "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "cvssData": {"scope": "CHANGED", "version": "3.1", "baseScore": 5.4, "attackVector": "NETWORK", "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N", "integrityImpact": "LOW", "userInteraction": "REQUIRED", "attackComplexity": "LOW", "availabilityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "confidentialityImpact": "LOW"}, "impactScore": 2.7, "exploitabilityScore": 2.3}]}, "published": "2021-05-24T11:15:08.387", "references": [{"url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162856/WordPress-LifterLMS-4.21.0-Cross-Site-Scripting.html", "tags": ["Exploit", "Third Party Advisory", "VDB Entry"], "source": "contact@wpscan.com"}, {"url": "https://github.com/gocodebox/lifterlms/releases/tag/4.21.1", "tags": ["Release Notes", "Third Party Advisory"], "source": "contact@wpscan.com"}, {"url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f29f68a5-6575-441d-98c9-867145f2b082", "tags": ["Exploit", "Third Party Advisory"], "source": "contact@wpscan.com"}], "vulnStatus": "Analyzed", "weaknesses": [{"type": "Primary", "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-79"}]}, {"type": "Secondary", "source": "contact@wpscan.com", "description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-79"}]}], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "The 'State' field of the Edit profile page of the LMS by LifterLMS \u2013 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."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "El campo \"State\" de la p\u00e1gina Edit profile del LMS de LifterLMS - Online Course, Membership & Learning Management System Plugin para el plugin de WordPress versiones anteriores a 4.21.1 no es saneado apropiadamente cuando se muestra en la secci\u00f3n About de la p\u00e1gina de perfil, conllevando a un problema de tipo cross-site scripting almacenado. Esto podr\u00eda permitir a usuarios pocos privilegiados (como los estudiantes) escalar sus privilegios por medio de un ataque de tipo XSS cuando un administrador visualiza su perfil"}], "lastModified": "2021-06-03T14:22:19.257", "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:lifterlms:lifterlms:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "33BE1EED-AFA0-4615-8015-32DA3F251DAE", "versionEndExcluding": "4.21.1"}], "operator": "OR"}]}], "sourceIdentifier": "contact@wpscan.com"}