Description
The Tutor LMS WordPress plugin before 4.0.8 does not correctly determine whether an incoming request is addressed to its own REST API, and does not enforce the permission recorded against an API credential, allowing the holder of a read-only key to act as the administrator account that issued it.
Published: 2026-09-16
Score: n/a
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
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History

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 16:45:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-284

Wed, 16 Sep 2026 06:15:00 +0000

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Description The Tutor LMS WordPress plugin before 4.0.8 does not correctly determine whether an incoming request is addressed to its own REST API, and does not enforce the permission recorded against an API credential, allowing the holder of a read-only key to act as the administrator account that issued it.
Title Tutor LMS 2.7.1 - < 4.0.8 - Read-Only API Key Privilege Escalation via REST Request Misclassification
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-16T06:00:14.474Z

Reserved: 2026-09-04T10:45:46.193Z

Link: CVE-2026-85569

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-16T06:16:34.217

Modified: 2026-09-16T06:16:34.217

Link: CVE-2026-85569

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-16T16:30:08Z

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