Stored script execution via unescaped course names
Published Oct 17, 2022 · Updated May 13, 2025
Stored XSS in Themeum Tutor LMS before 2.0.10 allows remote authenticated users to execute script through crafted course content. The course builder stores unescaped Topic Name and Lesson Name values, then renders them into editable markup that executes event-handler code. Administrator privileges are required, and execution occurs when a user edits the affected topic or lesson.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in Themeum Tutor LMS before 2.0.10 allows remote authenticated users to execute script through crafted course content. The course builder stores unescaped Topic Name and Lesson Name values, then renders them into editable markup that executes event-handler code. Administrator privileges are required, and execution occurs when a user edits the affected topic or lesson.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-2563
- Published
- Oct 17, 2022
- Updated
- May 13, 2025
- Vendor
- Themeum
- Product
- Tutor LMS
- Classifications
- CWE-79, CAPEC-63, T1059.007
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 17, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 13, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=2.0.10 <2.0.10
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What is affected?
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Attacks
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- WPScan course-name stored XSS proof of conceptproof of concept · validated
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