CVE-2026-96537 Tutor LMS < 4.1.1 - Unauthenticated Tutor Page Force-Publish and Content Overwrite
Unauthenticated attackers can force-publish pages and overwrite content in Tutor LMS due to missing capability checks.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-96537?
CVE-2026-96537 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Tutor LMS, published on 15 Oct 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Tutor LMS WordPress plugin before 4.1.1 does not perform a capability check in a routine that regenerates its managed pages, allowing unauthenticated users to force-publish unpublished pages and overwrite their content, create missing ones, and change the options that reference them.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-96537?
How do I fix CVE-2026-96537?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-96537 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-2026-96537 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-96537 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6xmr-fmf9-mcm2.