CVE-2026-24368
Published: 22 January 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-24368 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization (CWE-862) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 12.8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Likely Mitigating ControlsAI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Requiring an access control policy ensures authorization checks are defined and applied for critical functions.
Reviews of access controls detect missing authorization checks on critical functions or resources.
Documenting permitted unauthenticated actions prevents missing authorization by making all exceptions explicit and subject to organizational review.
Requiring attribute association with information prevents authorization from being performed without necessary security or privacy context.
Mandating authorization prior to allowing remote connections addresses missing authorization for remote access.
Mandating authorization before wireless connections are allowed prevents missing authorization for wireless access.
The control requires authorization before allowing mobile device connections, directly mitigating missing authorization for system access.
Requiring approvals for account creation and specifying authorizations ensures authorization is not missing for system access.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Directly enables remote exploitation of a public-facing WordPress plugin via broken access control (missing authorization) for unauthorized data access.
NVD Description
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Theme-one The Grid the-grid allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects The Grid: from n/a through < 2.8.0.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2026-24368 is a missing authorization vulnerability (CWE-862) in the WordPress plugin "The Grid" developed by Theme-one. The flaw allows exploitation of incorrectly configured access control security levels within the plugin's the-grid component. It affects all versions of The Grid from n/a through those prior to 2.8.0. The vulnerability received a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N), indicating medium severity primarily due to low-impact confidentiality exposure.
Remote attackers require no privileges, authentication, or user interaction to exploit this issue over the network with low complexity. Successful exploitation enables unauthenticated access to limited confidential information, without affecting integrity or availability.
Patchstack advisories detail the broken access control vulnerability in the WordPress The Grid plugin and recommend updating to version 2.8.0 or later to mitigate the issue.
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