Name: CVE-2021-39348: Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2021-10-21T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2021-39348, CWE-80, CWE-79, CVSS 5.5, EPSS 0.05202

The LearnPress WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient escaping on the $custom_profile parameter found in the ~/inc/admin/views/backend-user-profile.php file which allowed attackers with administrative user access to inject arbitrary web scripts, in versions up to and including 4.1.3.1. This affects multi-site installations where unfiltered_html is disabled for administrators, and sites where unfiltered_html is disabled. Please note that this is seperate from CVE-2021-24702.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.5
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Learnpress Plugin	—	Update learnpress plugin to version 4.1.3.2, or a newer patched version	May 15, 2025	Oct 18, 2021

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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