CVE-2024-4351 Tutor LMS Pro <= 2.7.0 - Missing Authorization to Privilege Escalation

What is CVE-2024-4351?

CVE-2024-4351 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in themeum Tutor LMS Pro, published on 16 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Tutor LMS Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data, modification of data, loss of data due to a missing capability check on the 'authenticate' function in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to gain control of an existing administrator account.

Weakness: CWE-862, CWE-89

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-4351?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Themeum Tutor Lms.

How do I fix CVE-2024-4351?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-4351 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2024-4351 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-4351 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

Other vulnerabilities in themeum Tutor LMS Pro

• CVE-2024-4223 Tutor LMS <= 2.7.0 - Missing Authorization Critical 9.8
• CVE-2024-4318 Tutor LMS <= 2.7.0 - Authenticated (Instructor+) SQL Injection High 8.8
• CVE-2024-4352 Tutor LMS Pro <= 2.7.0 - Missing Authorization to SQL Injection High 8.8
• CVE-2024-1751 Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution <= 2.6.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection High 8.8
• CVE-2021-24184 Tutor LMS < 1.7.7 - Unprotected AJAX including Privilege Escalation High 8.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-2cvr-cjfw-9xmv.