CVE-2026-6965

Tutor LMS <= 3.9.9 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Instructor+) Arbitrary Post Deletion via 'course' GET Parameter

Published May 13, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in versions up to and including 3.9.9. This is due to the `get_course_id_by()` function unconditionally trusting the user-supplied `course` GET parameter as the authoritative course ID for content ownership lookups, which is then consumed by `can_user_manage()`, the plugin's sole authorization gate for instructor-level operations, causing it to evaluate instructor membership against the attacker-controlled course rather than the course that actually owns the target content object. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with instructor-level access and above, to perform unauthorized operations on any other instructor's course content, including permanently deleting lessons, assignments, quizzes (with cascading deletion of all student attempt data), topics, announcements, and Q&A threads, as well as creating or modifying lessons, topics, and announcements in victim courses, manipulating student quiz grades, and reading unpublished lesson and quiz content.

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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.7/classes/Ajax.php#L294 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.7/classes/Ajax.php#L507 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.7/classes/Ajax.php#L586 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.7/classes/Announcements.php#L105 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.7/classes/Course.php#L1997 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.7/classes/Course.php#L2045 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.7/classes/Lesson.php#L186 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.7/classes/Lesson.php#L243 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.7/classes/Lesson.php#L341 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.7/classes/Q_And_A.php#L219 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.7/classes/Q_And_A.php#L297 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.7/classes/Q_And_A.php#L339 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.7/classes/Quiz.php#L1007 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.7/classes/Quiz.php#L1041 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.7/classes/Quiz.php#L888 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.7/classes/Utils.php#L7829 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.7/classes/Utils.php#L8020 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.9/classes/Ajax.php#L294 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.9/classes/Ajax.php#L507 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.9/classes/Ajax.php#L586 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.9/classes/Announcements.php#L105 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.9/classes/Course.php#L1997 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.9/classes/Course.php#L2045 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.9/classes/Lesson.php#L186 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.9/classes/Lesson.php#L243 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.9/classes/Lesson.php#L341 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.9/classes/Q_And_A.php#L219 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.9/classes/Q_And_A.php#L297 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.9/classes/Q_And_A.php#L339 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.9/classes/Quiz.php#L1007 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.9/classes/Quiz.php#L1041 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.9/classes/Quiz.php#L888 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.9/classes/Utils.php#L7829 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.9/classes/Utils.php#L8020 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/trunk/classes/Ajax.php#L294 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/trunk/classes/Ajax.php#L507 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/trunk/classes/Ajax.php#L586 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/trunk/classes/Announcements.php#L105 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/trunk/classes/Course.php#L1997 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/trunk/classes/Course.php#L2045 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/trunk/classes/Lesson.php#L186 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/trunk/classes/Lesson.php#L243 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/trunk/classes/Lesson.php#L341 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/trunk/classes/Q_And_A.php#L219 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/trunk/classes/Q_And_A.php#L297 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/trunk/classes/Q_And_A.php#L339 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/trunk/classes/Quiz.php#L1007 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/trunk/classes/Quiz.php#L1041 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/trunk/classes/Quiz.php#L888 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/trunk/classes/Utils.php#L7829 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/trunk/classes/Utils.php#L8020 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3518400%40tutor&new=3518400%40tutor&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/55924ea3-373c-4297-a958-5670def1f6c0?source=cve cve-icon cve-icon
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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

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First Time appeared Themeum
Themeum tutor Lms – Elearning And Online Course Solution
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Themeum
Themeum tutor Lms – Elearning And Online Course Solution
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
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Description The Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in versions up to and including 3.9.9. This is due to the `get_course_id_by()` function unconditionally trusting the user-supplied `course` GET parameter as the authoritative course ID for content ownership lookups, which is then consumed by `can_user_manage()`, the plugin's sole authorization gate for instructor-level operations, causing it to evaluate instructor membership against the attacker-controlled course rather than the course that actually owns the target content object. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with instructor-level access and above, to perform unauthorized operations on any other instructor's course content, including permanently deleting lessons, assignments, quizzes (with cascading deletion of all student attempt data), topics, announcements, and Q&A threads, as well as creating or modifying lessons, topics, and announcements in victim courses, manipulating student quiz grades, and reading unpublished lesson and quiz content.
Title Tutor LMS <= 3.9.9 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Instructor+) Arbitrary Post Deletion via 'course' GET Parameter
Weaknesses CWE-639
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Wordfence
Published
Updated
May 13, 2026, 10:20 AM
Reserved
Apr 24, 2026, 4:01 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
May 13, 2026, 6:16 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 11:01 AM