XSS in Thinkific

CVE-2020-35698

Thinkific Thinkific Online Course Creation Platform 1.0 is affected by: Cross Site Scripting (XSS). The impact is: execute arbitrary code (remote). The component is: Affected Source code of the website CMS which is been used by many to host their online courses using the Thinkific Platform. The attack vector is: To exploit the vulnerability any user has to just visit the link - https://hacktify.thinkific.com/account/billing?success=%E2%80%AA%3Cscript%3Ealert(1)%3C/script%3E. ¶¶ Thinkific is a Website based Learning Platform Product which is used by thousands of users worldwide. There is a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) based vulnerability in the code of the CMS where any attacker can execute a XSS attack. Proof of Concept & Steps to Reproduce: Step1 : Go to Google.com Step 2 : Search for this Dork site:thinkific.com -www Step 3 : You will get a list of websites which are running on the thinkific domains. Step 4 : Create account and signin in any of the website Step 5 : Add this endpoint at the end of the domain and you will see that there is a XSS Alert /account/billing?success=%E2%80%AA<script>alert(1)</script> Step 6 : Choose any domains from google for any website this exploit will work on all the websites as it is a code based flaw in the CMS Step 7 : Thousands of websites are vulnerable due to this vulnerable code in the CMS itself which is giving rise to the XSS attack.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (42.4th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 42nd percentile — 42.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2020-35698: held from 0.005 to 0.005.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

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Weakness classification (CWE)

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-35698?
CVE-2020-35698 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Thinkific, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-07-25.
How severe is CVE-2020-35698?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.