Description
The Tutor LMS WordPress plugin before 3.9.13 does not perform any authorization or post-target validation before creating a comment in one of its handlers, and stores the comment pre-approved, allowing authenticated users with subscriber-level access and above to post auto-approved comments containing arbitrary HTML and links on any content across the site, bypassing the comment moderation queue.
Published: 2026-07-13
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-284
CWE-79

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 13 Jul 2026 06:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Tutor LMS WordPress plugin before 3.9.13 does not perform any authorization or post-target validation before creating a comment in one of its handlers, and stores the comment pre-approved, allowing authenticated users with subscriber-level access and above to post auto-approved comments containing arbitrary HTML and links on any content across the site, bypassing the comment moderation queue.
Title Tutor LMS < 3.9.13 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Auto-Approved Comment Creation
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-13T15:51:16.393Z

Reserved: 2026-06-15T11:20:18.693Z

Link: CVE-2026-12273

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-13T15:51:10.595Z

cve-icon NVD

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cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-07-13T17:45:03Z

Weaknesses