Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution <= 2.7.0 — Authenticated (Instructor+) Insecure Direct Object Reference to Arbitrary Course Deletion
CVE-2024-4279Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤2.7.0Update to 2.7.1 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium6.5
- CVSS
- 6.5CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:NIntegrity- None
A:HAvailability- High
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution tutor
- Affected≤ 2.7.0
- Patched in2.7.1
Update to 2.7.1 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 2.7.0. Version 2.7.1 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 2.7.1, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Thanh Nam Tran.
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.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
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|---|---|---|---|
| Medium6.5 | Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Sensitive Information Exposure via REST API Endpoints ≤4.1.2Update to 4.1.3 | CVE-2026-93779 | |
| Medium4.3 | 4.1.3 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Information Exposure 1.6.4 – 4.1.3Update to 4.2.0 | CVE-2026-85570 | |
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤4.1.2Update to 4.1.3 | CVE-2026-111407 | |
| Medium4.3 | Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary Course Modification and Ownership Takeover via 'ID' Parameter ≤4.1.0Update to 4.1.1 | CVE-2026-92715 | |
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via display_name Parameter ≤4.1.0Update to 4.1.1 | CVE-2026-93681 |
- Medium6.5Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Sensitive Information Exposure via REST API Endpoints
≤4.1.2Update to 4.1.3
- Medium4.34.1.3 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Information Exposure
1.6.4 – 4.1.3Update to 4.2.0
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤4.1.2Update to 4.1.3
- Medium4.3Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary Course Modification and Ownership Takeover via 'ID' Parameter
≤4.1.0Update to 4.1.1
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via display_name Parameter
≤4.1.0Update to 4.1.1
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 6.5
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- [object Object]. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.
