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TI-2023-05116 Aliases CVE-2023-5558GHSA-mj4q-j8hp-mw73

LearnPress < 4.2.5.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Priority MEDIUM 60CWE-79Published · Updated

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
Fixed

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

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00908 60th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix Fixed LearnPress (Unknown): 4.2.5.5

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
UnknownLearnPressbefore 4.2.5.54.2.5.5Patch availableCNA
  • LearnPress VendorUnknown Affected before 4.2.5.5 Fixed in 4.2.5.5 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:thimpress:learnpress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*before 4.2.5.5VulnerableThimPress
  • cpe:2.3:a:thimpress:learnpress:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 4.2.5.5 Vulnerable ·ThimPress

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA LearnPress (Unknown) Fixed in 4.2.5.5

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-5558
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mj4q-j8hp-mw73

References

  • TI-2024-07900 LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin <= 4.2.7 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via 'c_only_fields' CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2023-06018 LearnPress <= 4.2.5.7 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via order_by CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-04124 LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin <= 4.2.6.5 - Unauthenticated Time-Based SQL Injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-18355 WordPress LearnPress plugin <= 4.2.3 - Authenticated Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-03105 LearnPress < 4.1.7.2 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection via REST API CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2020-04911 LearnPress Wordpress plugin version prior and including 3.2.6.7 is vulnerable to SQL Injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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