CVE-2026-24999
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 Alma Alma alma-gateway-for-woocommerce allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Alma: from n/a through <= 5.16.1.
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 Alma's WooCommerce payment gateway plugin allows attackers to exploit incorrectly configured access control security levels, potentially enabling unauthorized access to administrative functions or sensitive operations due to missing permission checks in certain code paths.
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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Identify Alma WooCommerce plugin installationCheck your WordPress site's plugins directory or wp-admin plugins list for 'Alma - Pay in installments' or 'Alma payment gateway for WooCommerce'Affected if Plugin is not installed - not affected
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Determine installed plugin versionNavigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins > Alma gateway details, or check the plugin's main PHP file for version constant, or query the database wp_options table for option_name containing 'alma' and 'version'Affected if Unable to determine version - manual investigation required
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Compare version against known vulnerable rangeIf version is determined, compare against any publicly disclosed affected versions for CVE-2026-24999. Check Alma's official security advisory for version specifics.Affected if Version matches known affected versions - potentially affected
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Review user role and capability configurationInspect WordPress user roles and capabilities assigned to Alma plugin settings. Check if any non-administrator users have access to Alma admin settings under WooCommerce > Settings > Payments > AlmaAffected if Non-admin users have Alma admin access - potentially vulnerable to unauthorized access
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Audit admin action access pointsCheck if Alma plugin AJAX endpoints or admin action handlers include permission_callback or current_user_can() checks. Look in plugin files for add_action('wp_ajax_*) calls without proper capability verificationAffected if AJAX/action handlers lack capability checks - vulnerable to authorization bypass
User is affected if Alma WooCommerce plugin is installed AND matches vulnerable version range OR has misconfigured access controls allowing non-admin access to privileged Alma functions.
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 Alma gateway for WooCommerce to the latest patched version that implements proper authorization checks and capability validation for all privileged operations.
- Consultation3.0 h
- Implementation6.0 h
- Testing3.0 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-2026-24999 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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