CVE-2026-24577
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 Genetech Products Pie Register pie-register allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Pie Register: from n/a through <= 3.8.4.8.
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 Pie Register WordPress plugin allows attackers to exploit incorrectly configured access control security levels. This broken access control issue likely enables unauthorized users to perform actions or access resources that should require higher privileges.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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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Confirm Pie Register plugin is installedNavigate to WordPress admin > Plugins and verify Pie Register appears in the installed plugins list, or query the database: SELECT option_value FROM wp_options WHERE option_name = 'active_plugins';Affected if Pie Register plugin is present and active on the WordPress site
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Identify installed Pie Register versionCheck the plugin version via WordPress admin > Plugins > Pie Register > View Details, or inspect the plugin main file header: look for "Version: X.X.X" in pieregister.phpAffected if The installed version matches or falls within an affected version range (compare your version to known vulnerable ranges if published)
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Review user role and capability configurationsNavigate to Pie Register settings > Security/Access Control tab (or equivalent) and inspect the assigned security levels for user registration forms; verify which user roles are permitted to access admin functionsAffected if Security levels are misconfigured allowing lower-privileged users to access higher-privilege functions
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Test for broken access control on sensitive endpointsUse a low-privilege or unauthenticated user account to attempt actions that should require administrator capabilities (e.g., accessing plugin settings pages, modifying user data, or triggering admin-privileged functions via direct URL or API request)Affected if Requests succeed without proper authorization checks returning expected 401/403 errors
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Inspect audit logs for unauthorized access attemptsCheck WordPress activity logs or Pie Register internal logs for entries showing access from users lacking required capabilities to sensitive functions or dataAffected if Logs reveal access events from users without the expected privilege level
The environment is affected if Pie Register is installed with a version that falls within the vulnerable range AND the access control misconfiguration allows unauthorized users to perform privileged actions.
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 Pie Register to the latest patched version. If no patch is available, conduct a code audit to identify and remediate missing authorization checks on sensitive functions and implement proper capability checks before executing privileged operations.
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- Implementation8.0 h
- Testing4.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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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.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2026-24577 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.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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