CVE-2024-5576 Cross-site scripting in Tutor LMS Elementor Addons

Medium 6.4 Published 20 Aug 2024 Updated 8 Apr 2026

Authenticated attackers with contributor access can inject arbitrary scripts via the Course Carousel widget, leading to stored XSS execution on victim pages.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2024-5576?

CVE-2024-5576 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in themeum Tutor LMS Elementor Addons, published on 20 Aug 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Tutor LMS Elementor Addons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'course_carousel_skin' attribute within the plugin's Course Carousel widget in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5576?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Themeum Tutor Lms Elementor Addons.

How do I fix CVE-2024-5576?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5576 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2024-5576 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5576 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-c26w-m5xx-74v5.