CVE-2024-4352
Published: 16 May 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-4352 is a high-severity Missing Authorization (CWE-862) vulnerability in Themeum Tutor Lms. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 3.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
The Tutor LMS Pro plugin for WordPress contains a missing capability check in the get_calendar_materials function combined with insufficient input sanitization on the year parameter. This allows SQL injection into existing database queries and enables unauthorized data access, modification, or deletion. The vulnerability affects authenticated users of the plugin and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 8.8.
Authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access or higher can supply crafted year values to append arbitrary SQL statements, potentially extracting sensitive information from the WordPress database. The attack requires no user interaction and can be performed over the network.
Reference advisories from the vendor Themeum and Wordfence provide vulnerability details and recommend applying updates when available. The EPSS score has remained at 0.2810 since disclosure with no observed upward trajectory.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-43989
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 'get_calendar_materials' function. The plugin is also vulnerable to SQL Injection via the…
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‘year’ parameter of that function due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
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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.