CVE-2026-85572 Tutor LMS 4.0.0 - < 4.0.8 - Subscriber+ Cross-Course Lesson Comment Disclosure
Authenticated users can read lesson comments from courses they are not enrolled in due to missing access checks.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-85572?
CVE-2026-85572 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Tutor LMS, published on 16 Sep 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Tutor LMS WordPress plugin before 4.0.8 does not check that a user has access to a course before returning its lesson discussion content, allowing any authenticated user, such as a subscriber, to read comments from courses they are not enrolled in, including comments awaiting moderation.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-85572?
How do I fix CVE-2026-85572?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-85572 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2026-85572 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-85572 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9w2v-rcqp-f469.