# CVE-2024-53816: WordPress Tutor LMS Elementor Addons plugin <= 2.1.5 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

> Attackers can bypass authorization checks in the Tutor LMS Elementor Addons plugin, potentially accessing restricted functionality without proper permissions.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **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:** 9 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4gm3-rmrg-4778

## What is CVE-2024-53816?

CVE-2024-53816 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Themeum Tutor LMS Elementor Addons, published on 9 Dec 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Themeum Tutor LMS Elementor Addons tutor-lms-elementor-addons.This issue affects Tutor LMS Elementor Addons: from n/a through <= 2.1.5.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-53816?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Themeum Tutor Lms Elementor Addons.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-53816?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-53816 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-53816 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-53816 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Themeum Tutor LMS Elementor Addons

- [CVE-2024-29913](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-29913/): WordPress Tutor LMS Elementor Addons plugin <= 2.1.3 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-5576](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5576/): Cross-site scripting in Tutor LMS Elementor Addons (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2024-10897](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10897/): Tutor LMS Elementor Addons <= 2.1.5 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Plugin Installation (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-53816 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-53816 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Themeum Tutor LMS Elementor Addons, published on 9 Dec 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-53816 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Themeum Tutor LMS Elementor Addons. 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-2024-53816/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-53816/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-53816
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53816
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-53816

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-53816/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.