The Tutor LMS WordPress plugin before 4.0.8 does not correctly determine whether an incoming request is addressed to its own REST API, and does not enforce the permission recorded against an API credential, allowing the holder of a read-only key to act as the administrator account that issued it.

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Thu, 17 Sep 2026 13:30:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-269
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 16 Sep 2026 16:45:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-284

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 06:15:00 +0000

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Description The Tutor LMS WordPress plugin before 4.0.8 does not correctly determine whether an incoming request is addressed to its own REST API, and does not enforce the permission recorded against an API credential, allowing the holder of a read-only key to act as the administrator account that issued it.
Title Tutor LMS 2.7.1 - < 4.0.8 - Read-Only API Key Privilege Escalation via REST Request Misclassification
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-17T12:36:00.983Z

Reserved: 2026-09-04T10:45:46.193Z

Link: CVE-2026-85569

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-17T12:18:05.817Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-09-16T06:16:34.217

Modified: 2026-09-17T13:16:51.123

Link: CVE-2026-85569

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-16T16:30:08Z

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