WordPress security changelog
HIGH CVE-2026-12275 Deferred

Tutor LMS: A security weakness

Tutor LMS is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires at least subscriber-level access. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation. The published affected range is < 3.9.13.

CVE / CNA score 7.1 CVSS 3.1 · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
NVD score Pending NVD has not published its own CVSS assessment.
Component
Tutor LMS
Plugin slug
tutor-lms
Affected
< 3.9.13
Safe version
3.9.13
Published
Jul 13, 2026
Weakness
Not assigned

This CVE was published Jul 13, 2026 and is one of 32 known issues for this plugin.

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update Tutor LMS to 3.9.13 or later, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

A safe version is available, so updating to that version or later is the preferred remediation. If an immediate update is not practical, consider a targeted application patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Technical description

The Tutor LMS WordPress plugin before 3.9.13 does not, in its Droip and Kirki page-builder integration, perform the enrollment, purchase, and private-course capability checks it enforces in its core course handler, allowing authenticated users with subscriber-level access to enroll in paid or private courses without authorization, read private course content, and mark arbitrary courses as completed, on sites where the Droip or Kirki integration is active.

CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

Primary and upstream sources