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CVE-2020-8615

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-8615 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Tutor LMS plugin for WordPress, affecting versions prior to 1.5.3. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) allows an unauthenticated attacker to trick a legitimate user into performing actions such as approving themselves as an instructor or blocking existing instructors, with low attack complexity. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB and Nuclei templates, though community discussion and media coverage are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:themeum:tutor_lms:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
8.83%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Nuclei: CVE-2020-8615 · Oct 17, 2023
ExploitDB: EDB-48151 · Mar 2, 2020
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0883 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 26,221 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/156585/WordPress-Tutor-LMS-1.5.3-Cross-Site-Request-Forgery.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
wpvulndb.com / vulnerabilities/10058
Third Party Advisory
getastra.com / blog/911/plugin-exploit/cross-site-request-forgery-in-tutor-lms-plugin
Third Party Advisory
jinsonvarghese.com / cross-site-request-forgery-in-tutor-lms
Third Party Advisory
themeum.com / tutor-lms-updated-v1-5-3
Release NotesVendor Advisory