CVE-2026-24556
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 wpdive ElementCamp element-camp allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects ElementCamp: from n/a through <= 2.3.2.
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 ElementCamp WordPress plugin allows attackers to exploit incorrectly configured access control security levels. This broken access control issue enables unauthenticated or lower-privileged users to potentially access functionality they should not have permission to use, likely due to missing capability checks or improper role validation in the plugin's administrative functions.
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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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Identify if ElementCamp plugin is installedIn WordPress admin dashboard, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and look for 'ElementCamp' in the list, or check the /wp-content/plugins/ directory for an elementcamp folderAffected if ElementCamp plugin is present on the WordPress site
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Determine the installed ElementCamp versionIn WordPress admin > Plugins > Installed Plugins, find ElementCamp and read the version number from the plugin description, or inspect the main plugin file header in /wp-content/plugins/elementcamp/elementcamp.php for the 'Version' fieldAffected if The installed version is lower than the patched version released for this vulnerability
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Verify if administrative functions lack capability checksExamine the main plugin PHP files in /wp-content/plugins/elementcamp/ and look for AJAX handlers or admin action hooks (like wp_ajax_*) that do not include current_user_can() or similar WordPress capability verification before executing sensitive operationsAffected if Administrative functions are found without current_user_can() or role verification checks
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Test for unauthenticated access to plugin functionsIf accessible, send a request to the plugin's AJAX endpoints (typically /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=elementcamp_*) without authentication credentials and observe if the server returns successful responses instead of authentication errorsAffected if Unauthenticated requests successfully execute plugin functions that should require admin privileges
A WordPress site is affected if the ElementCamp plugin is installed and its administrative functions lack proper capability checks, allowing unauthorized access to sensitive functionality.
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 ElementCamp to the latest patched version if available, or remove the plugin until a fix is released. Review and enforce proper WordPress capability checks on all sensitive plugin functions.
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