CVE-2024-5438 Missing authorization in Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution

What is CVE-2024-5438?

CVE-2024-5438 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in themeum Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution, published on 7 Jun 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 Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.1 via the 'attempt_delete' function due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Instructor-level access and above, to delete arbitrary quiz attempts.

Weakness: CWE-639

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5438?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Themeum Tutor Lms.

How do I fix CVE-2024-5438?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5438 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-2024-5438 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-5438 exists.

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

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

Sources

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

Also known as GHSA-vrf4-hv45-fq4j.