CVE-2024-4279 (GCVE-0-2024-4279)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-05-16 05:33
Modified
2026-04-08 16:49
CWE
  • CWE-639 - Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
Summary
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.
Impacted products
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