XSS in Thimpress Learnpress

CVE-2021-24702

The LearnPress WordPress plugin before 4.1.3.1 does not properly sanitize or escape various inputs within course settings, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks when the unfiltred_html capability is disallowed

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (50.6th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 51st percentile — 50.6% 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-2021-24702: held from 0.007 to 0.007.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-24702?
CVE-2021-24702 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Thimpress Learnpress, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2021-10-18.
How severe is CVE-2021-24702?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-24702 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.