CVE-2026-12273 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/93031a51-fd53-48a0-a420-0024bbdaf45b/

History

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 10:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-285 CWE-79

Wed, 15 Jul 2026 12:45:00 +0000

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

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
References		https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/93031a51-fd53-48a0-a420-0024bbdaf45b/

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-07-13T06:00:02.180Z

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

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

Link: CVE-2026-12273

Vulnrichment

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

NVD

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Redhat

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