CVE-2021-24308 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2021-24308

LifterLMS < 4.21.1 - Authenticated Stored XSS in Edit Profile

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • captain_hook

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

LMS by LifterLMS – Online Course, Membership & Learning Management System Plugin for WordPress
Vulnerable Versions:
4.21.1

Timeline

Official Publish: May 24th, 2021
Last Modified: August 3rd, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)