CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-5502
The Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized course content manipulation in versions up to and including 3.9.8. This is due to a missing authorization check in the tutor_update_course_content_order() function. The function only validates the nonce (CSRF protection) but does not verify whether the user has permission to manage course content. The can_user_manage() authorization check only executes when the 'content_parent' parameter is pr
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution","vendor":"themeum","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"3.9.8","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"}]}
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Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"baseScore":5.3,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
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CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-862","description":"CWE-862 Missing Authorization","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
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Source references
6 source assertions{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.7/classes/Course.php#L1700"}
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{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.7/classes/Course.php#L1789"}
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{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/trunk/classes/Course.php#L1700"}
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{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/trunk/classes/Course.php#L1789"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:6d57e55b7c0dd092a6ad3cc4056ada5d207c08e62721fc305c8934b7fd3d27b0 · sha256:4a17b2a8e1711b4e… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3505142/tutor/tags/3.9.9/classes/Course.php"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:6d57e55b7c0dd092a6ad3cc4056ada5d207c08e62721fc305c8934b7fd3d27b0 · sha256:4a17b2a8e1711b4e… · /containers/cna/references/5
{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f32ae42d-dd1f-41d7-8ae4-ddec56d78ae6?source=cve"}
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Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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