CVE-2026-32498
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 Metagauss RegistrationMagic custom-registration-form-builder-with-submission-manager allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects RegistrationMagic: from n/a through <= 6.0.7.6.
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 confidenceRegistrationMagic WordPress plugin <= 6.0.7.6 contains a missing authorization vulnerability allowing attackers to exploit incorrectly configured access control security levels. This broken access control likely permits unauthenticated or low-privileged users to access administrative functions or perform actions beyond their authorized scope.
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
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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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Verify RegistrationMagic plugin is installedNavigate to WordPress admin > Plugins or inspect the plugin directory wp-content/plugins/registrationmagic to confirm the plugin existsAffected if The plugin is present in the WordPress installation
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Determine installed plugin versionCheck the plugin header in registrationmagic.php or the readme.txt file for the Version field, or view it in WordPress Plugins admin panelAffected if The installed version is 6.0.7.6 or lower
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Confirm plugin admin functions are accessibleAttempt to access RegistrationMagic admin pages (e.g., /wp-admin/admin.php?page=registrationmagic) while logged in as a subscriber or contributor-level user, or inspect the plugin code for missing current_user_capability checks before admin actionsAffected if Low-privileged users (subscriber, contributor) or unauthenticated users can access admin-only plugin functions or pages
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Check for capability verification gapsReview plugin PHP files for admin action handlers and verify they include current_user_can() or similar capability checks before executing privileged operationsAffected if Admin actions lack proper capability checks, allowing privilege escalation
A user is affected if RegistrationMagic plugin version is 6.0.7.6 or lower AND low-privileged or unauthenticated users can access administrative functions within the plugin
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 RegistrationMagic to the latest version when a patched release becomes available, or implement proper capability checks and nonce verification on all admin actions until vendor patch is released.
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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-2026-32498 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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