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CVE-2024-1133: Tutor LMS <= 2.6.0 - Missing Authorization

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-02-29 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of restricted Q&A content due to a missing capability check when interacting with questions in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber access or higher, to interact with questions in courses in which they are not enrolled including private courses.

Affected products

• themeum Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution: before 2.6.1 — fixed in 2.6.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: themeum Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution 2.6.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3037911%40tutor%2Ftrunk&old=3020286%40tutor%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file12
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e8a7c04a-1fa0-434d-8161-7a32cefb44c4?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3037911%40tutor%2Ftrunk&old=3020286%40tutor%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=#file12
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e8a7c04a-1fa0-434d-8161-7a32cefb44c4?source=cve

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