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Tutor LMS Plugin for WordPress Allows Unauthorized Access to Course Content

CVE-2026-3371
Summary

An attacker with a basic user account can reorder course content and reassign lessons for any course, including those owned by administrators. This can occur through a specific type of malicious request. To protect your courses, update the Tutor LMS plugin to the latest version.

Original title
The Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 3.9.7. This is due to missing autho...
Original description
The Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 3.9.7. This is due to missing authorization checks in the `save_course_content_order()` private method, which is called unconditionally by the `tutor_update_course_content_order` AJAX handler. While the handler's `content_parent` branch includes a `can_user_manage()` check, the `save_course_content_order()` call processes attacker-supplied `tutor_topics_lessons_sorting` JSON without any ownership or capability verification. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access or above to detach lessons from topics, reorder course content, and reassign lessons between topics in any course, including admin-owned courses, by sending a crafted AJAX request with manipulated topic and lesson IDs.
nvd CVSS3.1 4.3
Vulnerability type
CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
Published: 11 Apr 2026 · Updated: 11 Apr 2026 · First seen: 11 Apr 2026