# CVE-2024-1751: Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution <= 2.6.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection

> Authenticated attackers can exploit SQL injection in Tutor LMS to extract sensitive database information.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Mar 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gf3f-c8q8-x35q

## What is CVE-2024-1751?

CVE-2024-1751 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in themeum Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution, published on 13 Mar 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based SQL Injection via the question_id parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.1 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query.  This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber/student access or higher, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

Weakness: CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1751?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Themeum Tutor Lms.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-1751?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1751 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-1751 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-1751 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Tutor LMS <= 2.1.10 - SQL Injection (nuclei): http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-1751.yaml

## Other vulnerabilities in themeum Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution

- [CVE-2024-4223](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4223/): Tutor LMS <= 2.7.0 - Missing Authorization (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-4318](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4318/): Tutor LMS <= 2.7.0 - Authenticated (Instructor+) SQL Injection (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-4351](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4351/): Tutor LMS Pro <= 2.7.0 - Missing Authorization to Privilege Escalation (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-4352](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4352/): Tutor LMS Pro <= 2.7.0 - Missing Authorization to SQL Injection (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-24184](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24184/): Tutor LMS < 1.7.7 - Unprotected AJAX including Privilege Escalation (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-1751 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-1751 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in themeum Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution, published on 13 Mar 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-1751 exists.

Affected product: themeum Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1751/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1751/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-1751
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1751
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1751

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1751/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.