CVE-2024-56938

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 12 February 2025

Published

12 February 2025

Modified

24 February 2025

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score v3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS Score 0.0017 37.7th percentile

Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-56938 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Learndash Learndash. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 37.7th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-53452

Vulnerability details

LearnDash v6.7.1 was discovered to contain a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the materials-content class.

CWE(s): CWE-79

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access

Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.

attack.mitre.org →

T1059.007 JavaScript Execution

Adversaries may abuse various implementations of JavaScript for execution.

attack.mitre.org →

T1539 Steal Web Session Cookie Credential Access

An adversary may steal web application or service session cookies and use them to gain access to web applications or Internet services as an authenticated user without needing credentials.

attack.mitre.org →

T1555.003 Credentials from Web Browsers Credential Access

Adversaries may acquire credentials from web browsers by reading files specific to the target browser.

attack.mitre.org →

Why these techniques?

Stored XSS in LearnDash enables exploitation of a public-facing web application (T1190), execution of malicious JavaScript (T1059.007), and theft of web session cookies (T1539) or other browser credentials (T1555.003) when users view affected content.