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medium 6.1

CVE-2021-24504 json

WP LMS <= 1.1.2 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

published 5y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-11416

cvss
6.1
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.8%
EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 55%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The WP LMS – Best WordPress LMS Plugin WordPress plugin through 1.1.2 does not properly sanitise or validate its User Field Titles, allowing XSS payload to be used in them. Furthermore, no CSRF and capability checks were in place, allowing such attack to be performed either via CSRF or as any user (including unauthenticated)

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Exploit prediction

0.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 55% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e0182508-23f4-4bdb-a1ef-1d1be38f3ad1 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

  • Unknown WP LMS – Best WordPress LMS Plugin

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
  • CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery
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References

Sources

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