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Tutor LMS CVE-2026-14310

| EUVDEUVD-2026-51016 MEDIUM
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key (CWE-639)
2026-07-30 WPScan GHSA-96xm-q386-833c
5.4
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: WPScan
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Register or obtain subscriber account
  2. Delivery
    Authenticate to WordPress LMS site
  3. Exploit
    Enumerate course and thread IDs via sequential integer guessing
  4. Execution
    Send crafted Q&A API request with target course thread ID
  5. Persist
    Bypass course-enrollment authorization check
  6. Impact
    Read private Q&A threads or inject replies into unauthorized course discussions

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires an authenticated WordPress account at subscriber level or above - a user with no special role beyond being registered on the site. The attacker must also be able to access at least one single course (as stated in the description), which may be a free course, a trial course, or any other course the subscriber is legitimately enrolled in. The attacker must be able to enumerate or guess valid course/Q&A thread identifiers, which in WordPress-based systems are typically sequential integers, reducing the difficulty. What limits exploitation: anonymous/unauthenticated users cannot exploit this; sites with closed user registration or invite-only enrollment significantly reduce the external threat surface; the attack is not automatable at scale per SSVC assessment; and there is no confidentiality or integrity impact beyond course Q&A content (no server-side code execution or privilege escalation).

Impact

The NVD CVSS 3.1 score of 5.4 (Medium) with vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N is well-calibrated: network-reachable, low complexity, but requires authenticated access at subscriber level (PR:L), with no scope change and only partial confidentiality and integrity impact. The SSVC assessment (Exploitation: poc, Automatable: no, Technical Impact: partial) correctly notes that while a POC exists, the attack is not trivially automatable at scale - an attacker must enumerate valid course/thread IDs. There is no CISA KEV listing, meaning confirmed active exploitation in the wild has not been reported. Real-world priority is moderate-to-high for sites with open user registration, as subscriber accounts are trivially obtainable. For closed-registration or private LMS instances the realistic threat surface is materially smaller. EPSS data was not provided in the input; exploitation probability cannot be quantified here.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker registers or already holds a subscriber-level WordPress account on a Tutor LMS site. Using the publicly available WPScan proof-of-concept as a reference, the attacker crafts HTTP requests to the Q&A endpoint substituting thread or course IDs they enumerate (e.g., by incrementing numeric IDs), bypassing the enrollment check and reading confidential Q&A content from paid or restricted courses. The attacker can also inject replies into those threads, potentially distributing misinformation or phishing content to enrolled students.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
Patch available 0.1% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Jul 30, 2026

Broken object-level authorization in the Tutor LMS WordPress plugin (all versions before 4.0.0) allows any authenticated subscriber-level user to read Q&A threads and inject replies into courses they are not enrolled in or authorized to access. Exploitation requires only a valid WordPress account, making the barrier low for multi-tenant LMS deployments where user registration is open. A publicly available proof-of-concept exists per WPScan, and while not listed in CISA KEV, the low authentication requirement and POC availability elevate realistic risk for exposed installations.

RemediationAI

Update the Tutor LMS WordPress plugin to version 4.0.0 or later; this is the vendor-confirmed fix as documented in the WPScan advisory (https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8fa51eaf-5205-492c-bcf7-81136dbf12d4/) and NVD entry (https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-14310). Update via the WordPress plugin dashboard or by downloading directly from the Themeum plugin repository. If immediate patching is not possible, a compensating control is to disable open user registration so that obtaining a subscriber account requires administrative approval, raising the barrier for unauthenticated external attackers - note this does not protect against already-registered users. Additionally, restricting REST API or AJAX endpoints associated with Q&A functionality via a WAF or firewall rule to authenticated-and-enrolled users only can reduce exposure, though the specific endpoints to block should be confirmed against plugin documentation.

Affected VersionsENISA

Tutor LMS 0 <4.0.0

Affected Packages

euvd tutor_lms fix: 4.0.0

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

Tutor LMS is a widely used WordPress learning management system plugin. The affected component is its Q&A thread system, which is tied to course enrollment. The root cause is CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key), an Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) class flaw: the plugin accepts a user-supplied course or thread identifier in requests but does not validate that the requesting user is enrolled in or authorized to access the course that thread belongs to. The CPE cpe:2.3:a:unknown:tutor_lms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* covers all versions prior to 4.0.0. The 'Code Injection' tag refers to the reply-injection capability - attackers can write arbitrary content into Q&A threads of courses they do not own - but this is content/message injection rather than server-side code execution.

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Severity by source

Vendor (WPScan) PRIMARY 5.4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
vuln.today AI 5.4 MEDIUM

Network-accessible endpoint, low complexity; PR:L because subscriber account is required; no availability impact; partial C and I from thread read and reply injection.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (WPScan).

CVSS VectorVendor: WPScan

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

3
Patch available
Jul 30, 2026 - 07:03 EUVD
CVE Published
Jul 30, 2026 - 06:00 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)
CVE Published
Jul 30, 2026 - 06:00 cve.org
MEDIUM 5.4

DescriptionCVE.org

The Tutor LMS WordPress plugin before 4.0.0 does not properly verify that a user has access to the course a Q&A thread belongs to before returning or writing to that thread, allowing authenticated users with subscriber-level access and above who can access any single course to read the Q&A threads of other courses and to inject replies into them.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.1%
Top 95% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
popular WordPress LMS plugin with broad but not universal deployment
Exploit
POC
Public exploit code exists
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC Yes
EPSS 0.1%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation
Poc
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

47
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +27
PoC: +20
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

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