CVE-2026-24612
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 themebeez Orchid Store orchid-store allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Orchid Store: from n/a through <= 1.5.15.
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 Orchid Store WordPress theme allows attackers to exploit incorrectly configured access control security levels, potentially enabling unauthorized actions due to missing capability checks or permission verification on certain functionality.
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 Orchid Store theme is activeNavigate to Appearance > Themes in WordPress admin dashboard and verify the currently active theme is Orchid StoreAffected if Orchid Store theme is the active theme in use
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Identify installed theme versionOpen wp-content/themes/orchid-store/style.css and locate the 'Version:' field in the theme header comment blockAffected if Unable to determine version or version is unknown compared to patched release
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Check for unprotected admin AJAX endpointsExamine the theme's functions.php and any included PHP files for add_action calls registering AJAX actions (wp_ajax_*) without current_user_can() or capability checks before executing sensitive operationsAffected if AJAX endpoints exist that perform privileged actions without verifying user permissions
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Inspect admin page access controlsReview theme files for any custom admin pages or settings panels added via add_menu_page or add_submenu_page and verify they include capability checks (manage_options, edit_theme_options, etc.) before displaying sensitive dataAffected if Admin pages or settings forms are accessible without proper capability verification
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Review form handlers and action callbacksSearch theme PHP files for action handlers (init, admin_init hooks) that process form submissions, database changes, or configuration updates and confirm they validate user capabilities before proceedingAffected if Form handlers or action callbacks process requests without checking user authorization
A user is affected if the Orchid Store theme is active and any of its admin functionality, AJAX endpoints, or action handlers lack proper capability checks or permission verification before executing sensitive operations.
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 to a patched version of the Orchid Store theme once available; alternatively, conduct a code audit to identify and add proper authorization checks (capability checks, nonce verification) to vulnerable code paths.
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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-2026-24612 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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