{"cve":"CVE-2026-8279","nvd":{"published":"2026-09-07T13:20:43.560","modified":"2026-09-08T15:18:56.237","status":"Deferred","description":"The Masteriyo LMS plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized data deletion due to a missing capability check on the 'delete_item_permissions_check' function in the CourseProgressItemsController in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary course progress records belonging to any student.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","score":5.3},"cwes":["CWE-862"],"references":["https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/learning-management-system/tags/2.1.9/includes/Repository/CourseProgressItemRepository.php#L269","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/learning-management-system/tags/2.1.9/includes/RestApi/Controllers/Version1/CourseProgressItemsController.php#L124","https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/learning-management-system/tags/2.1.9/includes/RestApi/Controllers/Version1/CourseProgressItemsController.php#L805","https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d317d40b-2b99-408b-b445-1a789df3c958?source=cve"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:52:03.409947763+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-8279","score":0.00403,"percentile":0.34547,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}