CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-88944

MediumCVSS 4.3
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.28%

21th percentile - higher than 21% of all known CVEs

Summary

The Tutor LMS plugin for WordPress (versions up to and including 4.0.8) is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to improper verification that a user is authorized to perform an action. This allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access and above to permanently delete arbitrary WordPress posts — including pages, courses, quizzes, and WooCommerce products — via wp_delete_post( $id, true ). The exploit chain requires triggering the profile-photo upload flow, creating a Tutor topic reparented to that attachment, then invoking the lesson deletion handler against any target post ID.

Risk Assessment

A low-privileged attacker can delete arbitrary content on the site, including courses, quizzes, and store products, causing serious business losses and data loss. This may lead to service disruption and revenue loss.

Recommendation

Update the Tutor LMS plugin to a version newer than 4.0.8. Until then, consider restricting content publishing capabilities for low-privileged users and maintaining regular backups.

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Original NVD description (English source)

The Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.8. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to permanently delete arbitrary WordPress posts — including pages, courses, quizzes, and WooCommerce products — via wp_delete_post( $id, true ). The exploit chain requires the attacker to first trigger the profile-photo upload flow to obtain an authored wp_posts attachment row, then create a Tutor topic reparented to that attachment, before invoking the lesson deletion handler against any target post ID.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS