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

Improper Privilege Management
CVE CVE-2021-24184
CVSS High (8.8)
Publicly Published March 15, 2021
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Chloe Chamberland
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.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug tutor (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.7.7
Patched Version
  • 1.7.7
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