{
    "id": "CVE-2021-24308",
    "published": "2021-05-24 11:15:08",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 03:39:48",
    "cvss_score": "5.4",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
    "cwe": "CWE-79",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.03249",
    "epss_percentile": "0.87911",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-05 18:17:25",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "lifterlms",
            "product": "lifterlms"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "49912",
            "title": "WordPress Plugin LifterLMS 4.21.0 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)",
            "date": "2021-05-28",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49912"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162856/WordPress-LifterLMS-4.21.0-Cross-Site-Scripting.html",
        "https://github.com/gocodebox/lifterlms/releases/tag/4.21.1",
        "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f29f68a5-6575-441d-98c9-867145f2b082",
        "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162856/WordPress-LifterLMS-4.21.0-Cross-Site-Scripting.html",
        "https://github.com/gocodebox/lifterlms/releases/tag/4.21.1",
        "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f29f68a5-6575-441d-98c9-867145f2b082"
    ]
}