Tutor LMS: A security weakness
Tutor LMS is affected by a security weakness. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation. The published affected range is < 4.0.6.
- Component
- Tutor LMS
- Plugin slug
tutor-lms- Affected
- < 4.0.6
- Safe version
4.0.6- Published
- Aug 22, 2026
This CVE was published Aug 22, 2026 and is one of 37 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Tutor LMS to 4.0.6 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 4.0.6 does not enforce per-object ownership checks on its course content type, allowing any user with the instructor role to read the content of private courses belonging to other instructors.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N