Stored DOM-based cross-site scripting in LearnPress Course Review
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- 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 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The LearnPress Course Review plugin for WordPress from thimpress is affected in all versions up to and including 4.2.2. Insufficient input sanitization and output escaping of the review title let scripts be stored (CWE-79). An authenticated attacker with subscriber access or above can inject scripts that run when a user opens the injected page. The scripts run only after an administrator approves the review, unless auto-approval of previously approved comments is configured.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-07
Description from the CNA
The LearnPress – Course Review plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via the 'review_title (inside `data.args.review_title`)' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The injected payload only executes after an administrator approves the submitted review, though sites with comment_previously_approved auto-approval configured may bypass manual moderation.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- 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
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for LearnPress Course Review.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-07
Timeline
- 2026-11-07 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-118054
- 2026-11-07 Alias added: GHSA-294r-rh3h-m5h5
- 2026-11-07 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-11-07 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
References
Other 6
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0f166e2e-6dd5-4453-8448-b7d7905dbf49?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/learnpress-course-review/tags/4.2.2/inc/TemplateHooks/CourseRatingTemplate.php#L397
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/learnpress-course-review/tags/4.2.2/inc/TemplateHooks/CourseRatingTemplate.php#L640
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/learnpress-course-review/tags/4.2.2/inc/load.php#L569
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/learnpress-course-review/tags/4.2.2/inc/functions.php#L208
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/learnpress-course-review/tags/4.2.3/inc/TemplateHooks/CourseRatingTemplate.php
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Sources
- CVE-2026-118054 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-118054 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-294r-rh3h-m5h5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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