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 14.2th 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-2026-24534 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.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-4381
Vulnerability details
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.
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Related Threats
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.
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Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
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Directly enforces authorization checks on plugin functions so low-privilege users cannot perform unauthorized modifications.
Ensures subscriber-level accounts receive only the minimal privileges needed, blocking the broken access-control path described in the CVE.
Restricts who can change plugin configuration or behavior, limiting the integrity impact an authenticated attacker can achieve.