Privilege escalation in Tutor Lms

CVE-2026-85569

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.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (40.1th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 40th percentile — 40.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2026-85569: held from 0.005 to 0.005.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • Tutor Lms

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-85569?
CVE-2026-85569 is a high-severity vulnerability in Tutor Lms, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2026-09-16.
How severe is CVE-2026-85569?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.