Tutor LMS Pro: A security weakness
Tutor LMS Pro is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires an authenticated WordPress account. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation.
- Component
- Tutor LMS Pro
- Plugin slug
tutor-lms- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Aug 30, 2024
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Aug 30, 2024 and is one of 32 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Tutor LMS Pro 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.
Technical description
The Tutor LMS Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized administrative actions execution due to a missing capability checks on multiple functions like treport_quiz_atttempt_delete and tutor_gc_class_action in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with the subscriber-level access and above, to preform an administrative actions on the site, like comments, posts or users deletion, viewing notifications, etc.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N