Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessRegister/obtain subscriber account
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DeliveryReach Droip/Kirki integration course endpoint
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ExploitInvoke action bypassing capability check
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ExecutionEnroll in paid/private course
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ImpactRead content and mark completed
Vulnerability Assessment
| Exploitation Conditions | Requires an authenticated account at subscriber level or above (CVSS PR:L), reachable over the network with no user interaction (AV:N/UI:N). The decisive prerequisite named in the description is that the Droip or Kirki page-builder integration must be active on the site - the vulnerable handlers exist only in that integration, so sites without it are not exploitable. Exploitation is further bounded by the target running Tutor LMS below 3.9.13 and by the site permitting the attacker to obtain a low-privilege account (e.g., open registration). No admin rights, no special client platform, and no victim interaction are needed once those conditions hold. |
| Impact | The NVD CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N, 7.1 High) indicates a network-reachable, low-complexity attack needing only low privileges and no user interaction - consistent with a logged-in subscriber abusing a WordPress site that allows open registration. A publicly available exploit exists (WPScan), raising practical exploitability, but there is no CISA KEV listing and no EPSS score in the provided data, so widespread automated exploitation is not confirmed. A key limiting factor tempers the raw score: exploitation only works when the Droip or Kirki integration is active, a non-default configuration, so the real-world exposed population is a subset of Tutor LMS installs. The C:H rating also merits scrutiny - the disclosed asset is private/paid course content rather than credentials or system data, which is arguably a lower confidentiality impact; verify sensitivity per deployment. Net: a genuine access-control/business-logic priority for affected sites (revenue bypass plus content disclosure), but scoped by the integration prerequisite rather than a blanket internet-wide threat. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker registers a free subscriber account (or uses any existing low-privileged login) on a WordPress site running vulnerable Tutor LMS with the Droip or Kirki integration enabled. Using the publicly documented WPScan technique, they invoke the integration's course actions to enroll in a paid course without payment, read the private course content, and mark it as completed - obtaining paid material and completion status for free, over the network and with no user interaction. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Jul 13, 2026
Broken authorization in the Tutor LMS WordPress plugin (before 3.9.13) lets authenticated subscriber-level users bypass paid/private-course access controls when the Droip or Kirki page-builder integration is active. Because these integration handlers omit the enrollment, purchase, and private-course capability checks enforced in the core course handler, low-privileged accounts can self-enroll in paid or private courses, read otherwise-restricted content, and mark arbitrary courses complete. Reported by WPScan with publicly available exploit detail and a vendor patch released; no active exploitation is currently listed in CISA KEV.
RemediationAI
Upgrade Tutor LMS to version 3.9.13 or later, which restores the enrollment, purchase, and private-course capability checks in the Droip and Kirki integration paths (Vendor-released patch: 3.9.13). If immediate patching is not possible, deactivate the Droip and/or Kirki page-builder integration in Tutor LMS to remove the vulnerable code paths entirely, accepting the trade-off that any course pages built with those builders will lose that integration's functionality until patched. As an additional interim control, restrict or disable open user self-registration (or tighten the default new-user role away from subscriber) to shrink the pool of authenticated attackers, recognizing this reduces legitimate self-service signup. Consult the WPScan advisory (https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/fcd43a87-8721-4455-b014-ac81d53fc671/) for exploit specifics before validating the fix.
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Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
Tutor LMS is a widely used learning-management plugin for WordPress that gates course access behind enrollment, purchase, and private-course capability checks. The flaw is a classic Missing/Improper Authorization issue (CWE-862 / CWE-285): the alternate code paths added for the Droip and Kirki page-builder integrations reimplement course actions but fail to re-apply the authorization checks that the canonical core course handler performs. As a result, the same actions (enroll, view, complete) are reachable through the integration endpoints without the guard logic. The CPE (cpe:2.3:a:unknown:tutor_lms:*) confirms the affected component is the Tutor LMS application itself rather than the third-party builders, though exposure is contingent on those integrations being enabled.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Network, low-complexity abuse by an authenticated subscriber (PR:L); confidentiality rated L as the exposed asset is course content not credentials, integrity L for unauthorized enroll/complete, no availability impact.
Primary rating from Vendor (WPScan).
CVSS VectorVendor: WPScan
Lifecycle Timeline
4DescriptionCVE.org
The Tutor LMS WordPress plugin before 3.9.13 does not, in its Droip and Kirki page-builder integration, perform the enrollment, purchase, and private-course capability checks it enforces in its core course handler, allowing authenticated users with subscriber-level access to enroll in paid or private courses without authorization, read private course content, and mark arbitrary courses as completed, on sites where the Droip or Kirki integration is active.
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