CVE-2023-5558
LearnPress < 4.2.5.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- WPScan
Description
The LearnPress WordPress plugin before 4.2.5.5 does not sanitise and escape user input before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin.
Public exploit
A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit or proof of concept: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4efd2a4d-89bd-472f-ba5a-f9944fd4dd16/ (opens in a new tab)exploitvdb-entrytechnical-descriptionx_transferred
Timeline
ID reserved
By WPScan
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 8 months later
· 8 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.91% · top 40% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.1.
Weakness
- CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- CWE-79 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-79 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected < 4.2.5.5
References (1)
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4efd2a4d-89bd-472f-ba5a-f9944fd4dd16/ (opens in a new tab)exploitvdb-entrytechnical-descriptionx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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