Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution <= 1.7.6 - Unprotected AJAX including Privilege Escalation

8.8
Improper Privilege Management
CVE CVE-2021-24184
CVSS 8.8 (High)
Publicly Published March 15, 2021
Last Updated January 11, 2023
Researcher Chloe Chamberland - Wordfence

Description

Several AJAX endpoints in the Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution WordPress plugin before 1.7.7 were unprotected, allowing students to modify course information and elevate their privileges among many other actions.

Wordfence blocked 4 attacks targeting this vulnerability in the past 24 hours.

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Vulnerability Details for Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug tutor (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 1.7.7, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 1.7.7
Patched Version
  • 1.7.7

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