Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution <= 2.7.0 - Authenticated (Instructor+) Insecure Direct Object Reference to Arbitrary Course Deletion

2024-05-15 00:00

Thanh Nam Tran

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.7.1

Affected PluginTutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution

Affected Version<= 2.7.0

CVSS6.5Medium

CVECVE-2024-4279

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Vulnerability Overview

The Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference to Arbitrary Course Deletion in versions up to, and including, 2.7.0 via the 'tutor_course_delete' function due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This can allow authenticated attackers, with Instructor-level permissions and above, to delete any course.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.7.1, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key) The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-4279 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/45d04643-e43a-4732-91bf-e4af7b622e33

CVSS Vector

6.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityHigh

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