5.3
MEDIUM CVSS 3.1
CVE-2026-6965
Tutor LMS <= 3.9.9 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Instructor+) Arbitrary Post Deletion via 'course' GET Parameter
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or modifying lessons, topics, and announcements in victim courses, manipulating student quiz grades, and reading unpublished lesson and quiz content.

INFO

Published Date :

May 13, 2026, 6:16 a.m.

Last Modified :

May 13, 2026, 2:43 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2026-6965 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Themeum tutor_lms
CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM MITRE-CVE
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
Update Tutor LMS to a version later than 3.9.9 to fix authorization bypass.
  • Update the Tutor LMS plugin to the latest version.
  • Verify that the patch is applied correctly.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2026-6965.

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

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2026-6965 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2026-6965 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    May. 13, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added 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.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
    Added CWE CWE-639
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.7/classes/Ajax.php#L294
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.7/classes/Ajax.php#L507
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.7/classes/Ajax.php#L586
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.7/classes/Announcements.php#L105
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.7/classes/Course.php#L1997
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.7/classes/Course.php#L2045
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.7/classes/Lesson.php#L186
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.7/classes/Lesson.php#L243
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.7/classes/Lesson.php#L341
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.7/classes/Q_And_A.php#L219
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.7/classes/Q_And_A.php#L297
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.7/classes/Q_And_A.php#L339
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.7/classes/Quiz.php#L1007
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.7/classes/Quiz.php#L1041
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.7/classes/Quiz.php#L888
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.7/classes/Utils.php#L7829
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.7/classes/Utils.php#L8020
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.9/classes/Ajax.php#L294
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.9/classes/Ajax.php#L507
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.9/classes/Ajax.php#L586
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.9/classes/Announcements.php#L105
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.9/classes/Course.php#L1997
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.9/classes/Course.php#L2045
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.9/classes/Lesson.php#L186
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.9/classes/Lesson.php#L243
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.9/classes/Lesson.php#L341
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.9/classes/Q_And_A.php#L219
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.9/classes/Q_And_A.php#L297
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.9/classes/Q_And_A.php#L339
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.9/classes/Quiz.php#L1007
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.9/classes/Quiz.php#L1041
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.9/classes/Quiz.php#L888
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.9/classes/Utils.php#L7829
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/3.9.9/classes/Utils.php#L8020
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/trunk/classes/Ajax.php#L294
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/trunk/classes/Ajax.php#L507
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/trunk/classes/Ajax.php#L586
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/trunk/classes/Announcements.php#L105
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/trunk/classes/Course.php#L1997
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/trunk/classes/Course.php#L2045
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/trunk/classes/Lesson.php#L186
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/trunk/classes/Lesson.php#L243
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/trunk/classes/Lesson.php#L341
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/trunk/classes/Q_And_A.php#L219
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/trunk/classes/Q_And_A.php#L297
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/trunk/classes/Q_And_A.php#L339
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/trunk/classes/Quiz.php#L1007
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/trunk/classes/Quiz.php#L1041
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/trunk/classes/Quiz.php#L888
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/trunk/classes/Utils.php#L7829
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/trunk/classes/Utils.php#L8020
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3518400%40tutor&new=3518400%40tutor&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
    Added Reference https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/55924ea3-373c-4297-a958-5670def1f6c0?source=cve
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.