Medium severity5.4NVD Advisory· Published May 24, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-24308
CVE-2021-24308
Description
The 'State' field of the Edit profile page of the LMS by LifterLMS – Online Course, Membership & Learning Management System Plugin for WordPress plugin before 4.21.1 is not properly sanitised when output in the About section of the profile page, leading to a stored Cross-Site Scripting issue. This could allow low privilege users (such as students) to elevate their privilege via an XSS attack when an admin will view their profile.
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Affected products
2- WordPress/LMS by LifterLMS – Online Course, Membership & Learning Management System Pluginllm-createRange: <4.21.1
- LifterLMS/LMS by LifterLMS – Online Course, Membership & Learning Management System Plugin for WordPressv5Range: 4.21.1
Patches
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References
3- packetstormsecurity.com/files/162856/WordPress-LifterLMS-4.21.0-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlnvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/f29f68a5-6575-441d-98c9-867145f2b082nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- github.com/gocodebox/lifterlms/releases/tag/4.21.1nvdRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
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