CVE-2026-24534
Published: 23 January 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-24534 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization (CWE-862) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 4.3 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 2.2th 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?
Broken access control in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables remote exploitation by low-privilege authenticated users over the network.
NVD Description
Missing Authorization vulnerability in uPress Booter booter-bots-crawlers-manager allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Booter: from n/a through <= 1.5.7.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2026-24534 is a missing authorization vulnerability (CWE-862) in the uPress Booter booter-bots-crawlers-manager WordPress plugin. The flaw allows exploitation of incorrectly configured access control security levels and affects the Booter component in all versions from n/a through 1.5.7. It has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N), indicating medium severity with network accessibility, low attack complexity, and low privileges required.
An authenticated attacker with low privileges, such as a subscriber role, can exploit this vulnerability remotely without user interaction. Exploitation enables limited integrity impacts, allowing unauthorized modifications to plugin functions due to broken access controls, while confidentiality and availability remain unaffected.
The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/booter-bots-crawlers-manager/vulnerability/wordpress-booter-plugin-1-5-7-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve details the broken access control issue in version 1.5.7 and provides guidance on mitigations for affected WordPress installations.
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