CVE-2021-24455

Tutor LMS <= 1.9.1 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

mediumImproper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

5.5

CVSS Score

5.5

CVSS Score

medium

Severity

1.9.2

Patched in

939d

Time to patch

Description

The Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution WordPress plugin before 1.9.2 did not escape the Summary field of Announcements (when outputting it in an attribute), which can be created by users as low as Tutor Instructor. This lead to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue, which is triggered when viewing the Announcements list, and could result in privilege escalation when viewed by an admin.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Low

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=1.9.1

PublishedJune 28, 2021

Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024

Affected plugintutor

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/65526517-aec5-454b-94c0-973359d840e1?source=api-prod

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