CVE-2026-24382
Published: 25 March 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-24382 is a high-severity Missing Authorization (CWE-862) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 15.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and AC-6 (Least Privilege).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2026-24382 is a missing authorization vulnerability (CWE-862) in the News Magazine X WordPress theme by wproyal, specifically allowing exploitation of incorrectly configured access control security levels. The issue affects the news-magazine-x theme in all versions from n/a through 1.2.50.
With a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N), unauthenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Successful exploitation enables high-impact confidentiality violations, such as unauthorized access to sensitive data, without affecting integrity or availability.
The Patchstack advisory provides further details on the vulnerability and mitigation steps: https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/news-magazine-x/vulnerability/wordpress-news-magazine-x-theme-1-2-50-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-15574
Vulnerability details
Missing Authorization vulnerability in wproyal News Magazine X news-magazine-x allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects News Magazine X: from n/a through <= 1.2.50.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Missing authorization (CWE-862) in public-facing WordPress theme directly enables remote unauthenticated exploitation of a web application for data access, matching T1190.
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Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly enforces approved authorizations for access to information and system resources, preventing exploitation of missing authorization in the WordPress theme.
Implements least privilege to restrict unauthorized access to sensitive data even if theme authorization checks are bypassed or misconfigured.
Ensures configuration settings for software components like the News Magazine X theme reflect secure access control levels to mitigate incorrect configurations.