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CVE-2024-1502: Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution <= 2.6.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Post Deletion

• 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: 2024-03-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized loss of data due to a missing capability check on the tutor_delete_announcement() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to delete arbitrary posts.

Affected products

• themeum Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution: before 2.6.2 — fixed in 2.6.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: themeum Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution 2.6.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3049105%40tutor&new=3049105%40tutor&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/834c4ca9-7173-4c84-8287-9916ec72935d?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3049105%40tutor&new=3049105%40tutor&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/834c4ca9-7173-4c84-8287-9916ec72935d?source=cve

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