CVE-2026-24622
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 Sergiy Dzysyak Suggestion Toolkit suggestion-toolkit allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Suggestion Toolkit: from n/a through <= 5.0.
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 Suggestion Toolkit WordPress plugin allows attackers to exploit incorrectly configured access control security levels. The plugin fails to properly enforce authorization checks on certain operations, potentially permitting unauthorized users to access or modify content they should not have permission to access.
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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
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
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 Suggestion Toolkit plugin is installedNavigate to WordPress admin dashboard > Plugins and confirm the 'Suggestion Toolkit' plugin appears in the installed plugins list, or inspect the wp-content/plugins/ directory for a folder named 'suggestion-toolkit' or similarAffected if The plugin is present in the WordPress installation
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Identify installed plugin versionIn the Plugins admin page, locate the version number displayed for the Suggestion Toolkit plugin; alternatively, open the main plugin PHP file (e.g., suggestion-toolkit.php) and check the plugin header for the 'Version' fieldAffected if The installed version matches or falls within any affected version range when compared against known vulnerable versions (note: no specific version range was provided in CVE details)
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Confirm plugin is actively processing requestsCheck if the plugin is activated (not just installed) by reviewing the WordPress plugins admin page status; an inactive plugin typically cannot be exploited for authorization bypassAffected if The plugin is activated and handling user requests
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Review plugin capability settingsInspect WordPress user roles and the plugin's own role/capability configuration (often found in plugin settings under Settings > Suggestion Toolkit or similar) to determine which user roles can access sensitive functionsAffected if The plugin permits lower-privileged users (such as Subscribers or Contributors) to access or modify content that should be restricted to Administrators or higher roles
Your environment is affected if the Suggestion Toolkit plugin is installed, activated, and running an unpatched version where the authorization bypass vulnerability has not been remediated.
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 dataImplement proper role-based access control (RBAC) checks and authorization verification on all sensitive plugin functions and endpoints; audit all user-facing actions for proper permission validation.
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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-2026-24622 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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