Vulnerability · Published May 2, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence

CVE-2024-3553Tutor LMS <= 2.6.2 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Limited Options Update

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity missing authorization in Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution from themeum. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 40% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 59.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack tooling1Public PoC

Official description

The Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the hide_notices function in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to enable user registration on sites that may have it disabled.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
themeum Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution 0 – through 2.6.2

Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

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