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medium 6.5

CVE-2020-8615 json

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…

published 6y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-29463

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
10.7%
EPSS 10.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

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).

Patch / fix

  • themeum tutor_lms 1.5.3

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-48151)

Exploit prediction

10.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-48151 WordPress Plugin Tutor LMS 1.5.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (Add User) webapps, 2020-03-02
  • Nuclei template Wordpress Plugin Tutor LMS 1.5.3 - Cross-Site Request Forgery nuclei detection template
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156585/WordPress-Tutor-LMS-1.5.3-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 2.6 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery
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References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.