PT-2024-14817 · WordPress · Learnpress

Vitor Pacheco · Published 2024-01-16 · Updated 2024-08-30 · CVE-2023-5558

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions LearnPress WordPress plugin versions prior to 4.2.5.5

Description The issue is related to the LearnPress WordPress plugin, which does not properly sanitise and escape user input before outputting it back in the page. This leads to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue, which could be used against high privilege users such as admin.

Recommendations For versions prior to 4.2.5.5, update to version 4.2.5.5 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting user input to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-5558

Affected Products

Learnpress

References · 6

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4efd2a4d-89bd-472f-ba5a-f9944fd4dd16 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-5558 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5558 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/92906 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1747293156008493543 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1747333754727649544 · Twitter Post