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.
History

Mon, 13 Jul 2026 06:30:00 +0000

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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

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

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

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

Link: CVE-2026-12273

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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