TI-2023-03815 Aliases CVE-2023-4119 GHSA-w8fx-ccjx-3crw

Academy LMS courses cross site scripting

MEDIUM 60CWE-79Published 2023-08-03 · Updated 2024-10-11

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · Low · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

A vulnerability has been found in Academy LMS 6.0 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /academy/home/courses. The manipulation of the argument query/sort_by leads to cross site scripting. The attack can be initiated remotely. VDB-235966 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.0377 89th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: Poc
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Creativeitem	LMS	6.0	—	No fix listed	CNA

LMS VendorCreativeitem Affected 6.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:creativeitem:academy_lms:6.0:::::::*	6.0	Vulnerable	Creativeitem

cpe:2.3:a:creativeitem:academy_lms:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.0 Vulnerable ·Creativeitem

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-4119
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w8fx-ccjx-3crw

References

Advisory 1

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/173941/Academy-LMS-6.0-Cross-Site-Scripting.html

TI-2025-35404 Creativeitem Academy LMS up to and including 6.14 uses a hardcoded default JWT secret for… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.4
TI-2023-04579 Academy LMS GET Parameter filter sql injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2025-35402 Creativeitem Academy LMS up to and including 5.13 contains a privilege escalation… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
TI-2025-35403 Creativeitem Academy LMS up to and including 5.13 uses predictable password reset tokens… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
TI-2025-43319 Creativeitem Academy LMS 7.0 contains reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
TI-2024-26120 Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in Creativeitem Academy LMS Learning Management System… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1

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Sources

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