Stored XSS via unescaped custom profile fields
Published Oct 21, 2021 · Updated Feb 14, 2025
Stored XSS in LearnPress 4.1.3.1 and earlier allows remote authenticated users with administrator access to inject scripts via custom profile fields. The backend-user-profile.php view outputs the custom_profile value without sufficient escaping, causing supplied markup to persist and execute in the site context. Exposure requires administrator access and a multisite installation or another configuration that disables unfiltered_html; execution can read or alter browser-accessible data.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in LearnPress 4.1.3.1 and earlier allows remote authenticated users with administrator access to inject scripts via custom profile fields. The backend-user-profile.php view outputs the custom_profile value without sufficient escaping, causing supplied markup to persist and execute in the site context. Exposure requires administrator access and a multisite installation or another configuration that disables unfiltered_html; execution can read or alter browser-accessible data.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-39348
- Published
- Oct 21, 2021
- Updated
- Feb 14, 2025
- Vendor
- Overdrive Eletrônica
- Product
- LearnPress
- Classifications
- CWE-79, CWE-80, T1059.007
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 21, 2021CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 14, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=4.1.3.1 <=4.1.3.1
What conditions does exploitation require?
What is affected?
Published CVSS scores
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Attacks
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- LearnPress stored XSS proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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