id: CVE-2022-0271 info: name: LearnPress <4.1.6 - Cross-Site Scripting author: Akincibor severity: medium description: | WordPress LearnPress plugin before 4.1.6 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability. It does not sanitize and escape the lp-dismiss-notice before outputting it back via the lp_background_single_email AJAX action. remediation: | Upgrade LearnPress to version 4.1.6 or later to mitigate this vulnerability. reference: - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ad07d9cd-8a75-4f7c-bbbe-3b6b89b699f2 - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-0271 - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/cve-2022-0271 classification: cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N cvss-score: 6.1 cve-id: CVE-2022-0271 cwe-id: CWE-79 epss-score: 0.00122 epss-percentile: 0.46224 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:thimpress:learnpress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* metadata: max-request: 1 vendor: thimpress product: learnpress framework: wordpress tags: wp,wp-plugin,wordpress,cve,cve2022,learnpress,wpscan,xss http: - method: GET path: - '{{BaseURL}}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=lp_background_single_email&lp-dismiss-notice=xxx' matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: word part: body words: - '{"dismissed":"xxx"}' - type: word part: header words: - "text/html" - type: status status: - 200 # digest: 490a00463044022006c478b06ef014032508ca754688df26c8f1e8bdc06d0b0c6b1813de3d3be294022062ff24d7019b950513e21307fb06b76bb45772e771db39fb3d1ff507ac2414bf:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950