# CVE-2024-5784: Tutor LMS Pro <= 2.7.2 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Insecure Direct Object Reference

> Authenticated subscribers can perform administrative actions like deleting content due to missing capability checks in Tutor LMS Pro.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/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:** 30 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-88qq-rx45-9fwm

## What is CVE-2024-5784?

CVE-2024-5784 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in themeum Tutor LMS Pro, published on 30 Aug 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 administrative actions execution due to a missing capability checks on multiple functions like treport_quiz_atttempt_delete and tutor_gc_class_action in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with the subscriber-level access and above, to preform an administrative actions on the site, like comments, posts or users deletion, viewing notifications, etc.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5784?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Themeum Tutor Lms.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-5784?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5784 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-5784 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5784 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in themeum Tutor LMS Pro

- [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-2024-1751](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1751/): Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution <= 2.6.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-5784 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-5784 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in themeum Tutor LMS Pro, published on 30 Aug 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-2024-5784 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: themeum Tutor LMS Pro. 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-2024-5784/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5784/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5784
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5784
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-5784

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5784/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.