CVE-2024-37926
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedMissing Authorization vulnerability in Alex Volkov WP Accessibility Helper (WAH) allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs.This issue affects WP Accessibility Helper (WAH): from n/a through 0.6.2.9.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceMissing Authorization vulnerability in the WP Accessibility Helper WordPress plugin allows unauthenticated or lower-privileged users to access administrative or privileged functionality that should be constrained by access control lists. The plugin fails to properly verify user permissions before executing certain actions, enabling ACL bypass.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify WP Accessibility Helper plugin is installedNavigate to WordPress admin dashboard under Plugins, or check the wp-content/plugins/ directory for a folder named 'wp-accessibility-helper' or similarAffected if The plugin is present in the WordPress installation
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Identify installed plugin versionOpen the main plugin PHP file and locate the version header in the plugin comment block, or check the plugin row in WordPress admin Plugins pageAffected if Version cannot be determined or is older than the patched version
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Check for missing capability checks in AJAX handlersReview plugin source code for AJAX action handlers (wp_ajax_*) and verify each calls current_user_can() or similar capability check before executing privileged actionsAffected if AJAX endpoints exist without proper current_user_can() validation
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Test unauthenticated access to privileged functionsAttempt to access or trigger plugin administrative functions without logging in or with a low-privileged user account (e.g., call AJAX endpoints directly)Affected if Unauthenticated or subscriber-level users can execute actions that should require administrator privileges
If the plugin is installed and its version is older than the patched release, or if the code lacks proper capability checks on sensitive functions, the site is affected by this ACL bypass vulnerability.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate WP Accessibility Helper to the latest patched version. If no update is available, review the plugin code to identify and enforce proper capability checks (e.g., current_user_can()) on all sensitive functions and AJAX endpoints.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-37926 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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