WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

LearnDash < 3.1.2 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) issue on the [ld_profile] search field.

Description

Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) issue on the [ld_profile] search field.

First reported to Learndash on January 14, 2020, and update 3.1.2 to fix it was released same day.

This report is based on an email LearnDash sent out to their users on January 14, 2020.

Proof of Concept

Affects Plugins

Plugin icon
sfwd-lms
Fixed in 3.1.2

References

CVE
CVE-2020-7108
URL
https://learndash.releasenotes.io/release/uCskc-version-312
URL
https://www.getastra.com/blog/911/plugin-exploit/reflected-xss-vulnerability-found-in-learndash-lms-plugin/
URL
https://www.jinsonvarghese.com/reflected-xss-in-learndash-wordpress-plugin/

Classification

Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
A7: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
CWE
CWE-79
CVSS
6.1 (medium)

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Jinson Varghese Behanan (@JinsonCyberSec)
Submitter
Andrew Wilder
Submitter website
https://www.nerdpress.net
Submitter twitter
@nerdpress
Verified
No
WPVDB ID
2e14f830-11e0-458e-88db-92fdb4eebf86

Timeline

Publicly Published
2020-01-15 (about 6 years ago)
Added
2020-01-15 (about 6 years ago)
Last Updated
2020-09-22 (about 5 years ago)

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