CVE-2026-0548

Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution <= 3.9.4 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Attachment Deletion

2026-01-20 01:46

Strategic Overview

Status: Patched in 3.9.5
Affected Plugin: Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution
Affected Version: <= 3.9.4
CVSS: 5.4Medium
Weakness type: CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
CVE: CVE-2026-0548

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At a glance

CVE-2026-0548 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization vulnerability in the Tutor LMS WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 3.9.4. It carries a CVSS score of 5.4 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires an authenticated account at Subscriber level or above. The issue is fixed in version 3.9.5; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed January 2026, reported by type5afe.

Vulnerability Overview

The Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized attachment deletion due to a missing capability check on the `delete_existing_user_photo` function in all versions up to, and including, 3.9.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber level access and above, to delete arbitrary attachments on the site.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no interaction from a victim user.

CWE-862: Missing Authorization

Reaching this weakness in Tutor LMS <= 3.9.4 takes an account at Subscriber level or above. A missing authorization check means a function is reachable by anyone who can reach the endpoint, because the code never asks whether the caller is allowed to perform the action.

Any user who can reach the endpoint gets to run an action reserved for higher-privileged roles, from reading protected data to changing settings or content. For Tutor LMS the fix is 3.9.5: builds <= 3.9.4 are affected, anything from 3.9.5 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 3.9.5, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

Because it turns on account access, WordSec's login security is the relevant layer: role-based two-factor, captcha and brute-force limits raise the cost of getting the account this needs. None of that substitutes for the fix: Tutor LMS 3.9.5 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

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External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-0548 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0e475e02-494a-4ad0-a83c-d027c3a32989 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-0548

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Same weakness class

CVSS Vector

5.4

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityLow

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