Tutor LMS <= 4.0.5 - Authenticated (Instructor+) Insecure Direct Object Reference

4.3
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
CVE CVE-2026-14187
CVSS 4.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published August 20, 2026
Last Updated September 3, 2026
Researcher Mustafa Ahmed

Description

The Tutor LMS plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.5. This is due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with instructor-level access and above, to perform an unauthorized action.

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Vulnerability Details for Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug tutor (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 4.0.6, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 4.0.5
Patched Version
  • 4.0.6

Recent vulnerabilities in Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution

# Title CVE ID CVSS Researchers Date
1 Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution <= 4.1.0 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVE-2026-42702 7.2 Intrudify October 6, 2026
2 Tutor LMS <= 4.0.7 - Authenticated (Custom+) Insecure Direct Object Reference to Arbitrary Quiz Question/Answer Modification and Deletion via 'payload' Parameter CVE-2026-18439 4.3 Nakul Chodha September 21, 2026
3 Tutor LMS <= 4.0.8 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via 'back_url' and 'search' Parameters CVE-2026-89081 6.1 Filip Kowalski (Agentunio) September 18, 2026
4 Tutor LMS <= 4.0.8 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Post Deletion via 'lesson_id' Parameter CVE-2026-88944 4.3 Eunho Kim September 18, 2026
5 Tutor LMS <= 4.0.8 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Sensitive Information Exposure via 'student_id' Parameter CVE-2026-89333 6.5 Dthangws September 18, 2026
6 Tutor LMS 2.7.1 - 4.0.7 - REST API Authentication Confusion CVE-2026-85569 4.3 Charles Vosburgh September 14, 2026
7 Tutor LMS <= 4.0.7 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Information Exposure CVE-2026-85572 4.3 Shirshak September 14, 2026
8 Tutor LMS <= 4.0.7 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) PHP Object Injection to Remote Code Execution CVE-2026-78175 8.8 Chloe Chamberland, Wordfence Argus September 11, 2026
9 Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution < 4.0.6 - Authenticated (Custom Role+) Arbitrary File Read CVE-2026-19093 6.5 Sai Praneeth Koti August 28, 2026
10 Tutor LMS <= 4.0.5 - Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via 'template' and 'data' POST Parameters CVE-2026-16759 6.5 Slopothecary August 27, 2026

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