Description
The Tutor LMS WordPress plugin before 4.1.1 does not perform a capability check in a routine that regenerates its managed pages, allowing unauthenticated users to force-publish unpublished pages and overwrite their content, create missing ones, and change the options that reference them.
Published: 2026-10-15
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Unauthenticated content manipulation and publishing
Action: Immediate Patch
AI Analysis

Impact

The Tutor LMS WordPress plugin, versions prior to 4.1.1, contains a missing capability check in the routine that regenerates its managed pages. An unauthenticated visitor can trigger this routine, forcing unpublished pages to be published and overwriting their content, creating new pages, and updating options that point to those pages. The result is that an attacker can inject arbitrary content, deface the site, or alter configuration settings without any authentication. This is a classic case of improper authorization and may lead to loss of data integrity and site reputation.

Affected Systems

All installations of Tutor LMS older than version 4.1.1 are affected. The vulnerability exists in the plugin's page regeneration routine, independent of the WordPress version or hosting environment, though this statement is inferred from the description. There are no known vendor patches listed in the CVE entry, but the plugin's maintainers have released version 4.1.1 to fix the issue.

Risk and Exploitability

Because the flaw allows actions with no authentication, the attack vector is a simple HTTP request to the page regeneration endpoint. The CVSS score is not provided, the EPSS score is not available, and KEV is not listed in KEV, so the exact risk rating cannot be quantified; however, the intrinsic severity is high due to the lack of access control. Attackers with HTTP access could exploit this immediately once they discover the vulnerable endpoint. Prompt remediation is recommended.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on October 15, 2026 at 11:48 UTC.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Upgrade Tutor LMS to version 4.1.1 or newer
  • If an immediate upgrade is not possible, block anonymous access to the page regeneration endpoint using web‑server rules or a security plugin
  • After applying mitigation, enable monitoring for unauthorized content changes or site defacement

Generated by OpenCVE AI on October 15, 2026 at 11:48 UTC.

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History

Fri, 23 Oct 2026 12:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions tutor Lms
Vendors & Products Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions tutor Lms

Thu, 15 Oct 2026 13:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-284
CWE-862
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Tutor LMS WordPress plugin before 4.1.1 does not perform a capability check in a routine that regenerates its managed pages, allowing unauthenticated users to force-publish unpublished pages and overwrite their content, create missing ones, and change the options that reference them.
Title Tutor LMS < 4.1.1 - Unauthenticated Tutor Page Force-Publish and Content Overwrite
References

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Wordpress-extensions Tutor Lms
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-15T11:01:27.071Z

Reserved: 2026-09-23T11:43:20.155Z

Link: CVE-2026-96537

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-15T10:35:54.751Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-15T07:18:03.563

Modified: 2026-10-15T14:47:05.720

Link: CVE-2026-96537

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-23T12:30:11Z

Weaknesses