CVE-2023-5558 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The LearnPress WordPress plugin before 4.2.5.5 does not sanitise and escape user input before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin.

Published: 2024-01-16

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

LearnPress

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 4.2.5.5

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:thimpress:learnpress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00916.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4efd2a4d-89bd-472f-ba5a-f9944fd4dd16/

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Thimpress Learnpress

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2024-01-16T15:54:33.473Z

Updated: 2024-08-30T19:01:08.597Z

Reserved: 2023-10-12T14:32:15.132Z

Link: CVE-2023-5558

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T07:59:44.898Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-16T16:15:13.443

Modified: 2026-06-17T06:48:50.300

Link: CVE-2023-5558

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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