WP Courses LMS: Cross-site scripting
WP Courses LMS is affected by cross-site scripting. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Injected script can execute in the affected site's origin when the vulnerable output is viewed.
- Component
- WP Courses LMS
- Plugin slug
wp-courses-lms- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Sep 13, 2021
This CVE was published Sep 13, 2021 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update WP Courses LMS to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The WP Courses LMS WordPress plugin before 2.0.44 does not sanitise its Video Embed Code, allowing malicious code to be injected in it by high privilege users, even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed, which could lead to Stored Cross-Site Scripting issues
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N