Authorization bypass in themeum Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-639.
Summary
The Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.8 via the 'student_id' parameter due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to disclose the email address and Tutor profile phone number of arbitrary WordPress users, including Administrators, by iterating over user IDs via the student_id parameter.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-89333
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fjhh-mxpw-32j7
References
Other 7
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/244051ef-5357-4b16-b690-46c8fea56847?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/4.0.8/templates/user-profile.php#L132
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/4.0.8/templates/user-profile.php#L21
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/4.0.8/templates/user-profile.php#L137
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/4.0.8/classes/Utils.php#L2841
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tutor/tags/4.0.8/classes/Template.php#L503
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3700174%40tutor&new=3700174%40tutor
More themeum vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-09629 Tutor LMS <= 2.7.6 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via rating_filter CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-02936 Tutor LMS < 2.2.1 - Unauthenticated Access to Tutor LMS Lesson Resources via REST API CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2021-07196 Qubely < 1.8.6 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary E-mail Sending CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-05666 WP Crowdfunding < 2.1.9 - Reflected XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2023-00225 Tutor LMS < 2.0.10 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2023-04422 Tutor LMS < 2.3.0 - Subscriber+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
Sources
- CVE-2026-89333 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-89333 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fjhh-mxpw-32j7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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