CVE-2026-12274 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Tutor LMS WordPress plugin before 3.9.13 does not verify that the requesting user is allowed to edit a target post before overwriting it in one of its content-builder save handlers, authorizing the request only against an unrelated identifier, allowing authenticated users with instructor-level access to overwrite and take over any post or page on the site, including those owned by administrators.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

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/c3d98ead-a4f4-48fd-bf9c-4fa91c5681d7/

History

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 08:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-285 CWE-639

Sun, 26 Jul 2026 12:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses	CWE-639

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 10:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-639

Fri, 17 Jul 2026 07:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses	CWE-639

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-639

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/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 verify that the requesting user is allowed to edit a target post before overwriting it in one of its content-builder save handlers, authorizing the request only against an unrelated identifier, allowing authenticated users with instructor-level access to overwrite and take over any post or page on the site, including those owned by administrators.
Title		Tutor LMS < 3.9.13 - Instructor+ Arbitrary Post Overwrite via IDOR
References		https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c3d98ead-a4f4-48fd-bf9c-4fa91c5681d7/

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-07-13T06:00:02.352Z

Updated: 2026-07-13T15:48:20.554Z

Reserved: 2026-06-15T11:20:21.197Z

Link: CVE-2026-12274

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-13T15:48:12.051Z

NVD

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Redhat

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