What is CVE-2022-1250?

CVE-2022-1250 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Lifterlms, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-05-02.

How severe is CVE-2022-1250?

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

Is CVE-2022-1250 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Lifterlms

CVE-2022-1250

The LifterLMS PayPal WordPress plugin before 1.4.0 does not sanitise and escape some parameters from the payment confirmation page before outputting them back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2022-05-02 · 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: 0.009 (59.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 59.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Lifterlms
Lifterlms Paypal — versions 1.4.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/1f8cb0b9-7447-44db-8d13-292db5b17718 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
make.lifterlms.com/2022/04/04/lifterlms-paypal-version-1-4-0/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-1250?: CVE-2022-1250 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Lifterlms, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-05-02.
How severe is CVE-2022-1250?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-1250 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.