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Missing Authorization

CVE-2024-1133

Severity Medium
Score 4.3/10

Summary

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.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • LOW
  • NONE

CWE-862 - Missing Authorization

The missing authorization vulnerability occurs when a software program allows users to access privileged parts of the program without verifying the user credentials. Impact of such a vulnerability depends on the resources employed by the software, ranging from account takeover to sensitive information exposure, denial of service, and complete system takeover.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published