CVE-2020-8615
A CSRF vulnerability in the Tutor LMS plugin before 1.5.3 for WordPress can result in an attacker approving themselves as an instructor and performing other malicious actions (such as blocking legitimate instructors).
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.7%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
A CSRF vulnerability in the Tutor LMS plugin before 1.5.3 for WordPress can result in an attacker approving themselves as an instructor and performing other malicious actions (such as blocking legitimate instructors).
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 10.72% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 2 March 2020
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-352
- Affected
- themeum/tutor lms
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 10.7% on 18 October 2026 to 10.7% on 3 November 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156585/WordPress-Tutor-LMS-1.5.3-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10058Third Party Advisory
- https://www.getastra.com/blog/911/plugin-exploit/cross-site-request-forgery-in-tutor-lms-plugin/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.jinsonvarghese.com/cross-site-request-forgery-in-tutor-lms/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.themeum.com/tutor-lms-updated-v1-5-3/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156585/WordPress-Tutor-LMS-1.5.3-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10058Third Party Advisory
- https://www.getastra.com/blog/911/plugin-exploit/cross-site-request-forgery-in-tutor-lms-plugin/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.jinsonvarghese.com/cross-site-request-forgery-in-tutor-lms/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.themeum.com/tutor-lms-updated-v1-5-3/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.