Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2021-24186

Themeum tutor_lms Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

Published Mar 15, 2021 · catalog updated Mar 15, 2021 · Themeum

Patch now

CVE-2021-24186 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Themeum against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
1.25%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor Themeum tutor_lms

The tutor_answering_quiz_question/get_answer_by_id function pair from the Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution WordPress plugin before 1.8.3 was vulnerable to UNION based SQL injection that could be exploited by students.

Are you affected?

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The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor Themeum tutor_lmsversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2021-24186

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2021-24186 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Themeum against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 1.25%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

Code

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No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Mar 15, 2021 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    The tutor_answering_quiz_question/get_answer_by_id function pair from the Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution WordPress plugin before 1.8.3 was vulnerable to UNION based SQL injection that could be exploited by students.

  2. Mar 15, 2021 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2021-24186

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2021-24186

    30-day exploitation probability 1.3%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2021-24186

    The tutor_answering_quiz_question/get_answer_by_id function pair from the Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution WordPress plugin before 1.8.3 was vulnerable to UNION based SQL injection that could be exploited by students.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.