WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2020-8615 Modified

Tutor Lms: Cross-site request forgery

Tutor Lms is affected by cross-site request forgery. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Exploitation relies on a signed-in privileged user submitting an attacker-controlled request.

CVE / CNA score 6.5 CVSS · cve@mitre.org
NVD score 6.5 CVSS 3.1 · nvd@nist.gov
Component
Tutor Lms
Plugin slug
tutor-lms
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Feb 04, 2020
Weakness
CWE-352 — Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

This CVE was published Feb 04, 2020 and is one of 32 known issues for this plugin.

What to do

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Tutor Lms to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Source record

Technical description

A CSRF vulnerability in the Tutor LMS plugin before 1.5.3 for WordPress can result in an attacker approving themselves as an instructor and performing other malicious actions (such as blocking legitimate instructors).

NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References

Primary and upstream sources