What is CVE-2022-0271?

CVE-2022-0271 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Thimpress Learnpress, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-04-11.

How severe is CVE-2022-0271?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-0271 known to be exploited?

4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Thimpress Learnpress

CVE-2022-0271

The LearnPress WordPress plugin before 4.1.6 does not sanitise and escape the lp-dismiss-notice before outputting it back via the lp_background_single_email AJAX action, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2022-04-11 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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: 0.019 (79.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 79th percentile — 79.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.023 · newest: 0.019 · change: -0.003

Affected products

Thimpress Learnpress
Learnpress – WordPress Lms Plugin — versions 4.1.6

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/ad07d9cd-8a75-4f7c-bbbe-3b6b89b699f2 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-0271?: CVE-2022-0271 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Thimpress Learnpress, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-04-11.
How severe is CVE-2022-0271?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-0271 known to be exploited?: 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.