CVE-2024-4351
Published: 16 May 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-4351 is a high-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Themeum Tutor Lms. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 3.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
The Tutor LMS Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access, modification, and loss of data due to a missing capability check on the authenticate function. This flaw affects all versions through 2.7.0 and is tracked under CVE-2024-4351 with a CVSS score of 8.8; the associated CWEs are CWE-89 and CWE-862.
Authenticated attackers holding subscriber-level permissions or higher can exploit the issue over the network to seize control of an existing administrator account, enabling full takeover of the affected WordPress site.
Vendor advisories and Wordfence threat intelligence entries point to the plugin developer at themeum.com and recommend applying updates once available to address the authorization gap.
The EPSS score has reached a current value of 0.3104 with a recorded peak of 0.3158, indicating moderate and relatively stable exploitation interest following disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-43988
Vulnerability details
The Tutor LMS Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data, modification of data, loss of data due to a missing capability check on the 'authenticate' function in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.0. This makes…
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it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to gain control of an existing administrator account.
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Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Requiring an access control policy ensures authorization checks are defined and applied for critical functions.
Reviews of access controls detect missing authorization checks on critical functions or resources.
Documenting permitted unauthenticated actions prevents missing authorization by making all exceptions explicit and subject to organizational review.
Requiring attribute association with information prevents authorization from being performed without necessary security or privacy context.
Mandating authorization prior to allowing remote connections addresses missing authorization for remote access.
Mandating authorization before wireless connections are allowed prevents missing authorization for wireless access.
The control requires authorization before allowing mobile device connections, directly mitigating missing authorization for system access.
Requiring approvals for account creation and specifying authorizations ensures authorization is not missing for system access.