Is CVE-2026-8279 being exploited?

No public exploit is currently tracked.

How severe is CVE-2026-8279?

CVE-2026-8279 has a CVSS v3 severity of MEDIUM (5.3).

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CVE-2026-8279

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.