CVE-2026-57646
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 · uneditedSubscriber Insecure Direct Object References (IDOR) in Majestic Support <= 1.1.7 versions.
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 confidenceThis is an Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) vulnerability in the Majestic Support plugin affecting versions 1.1.7 and below. The flaw allows authenticated users with Subscriber-level permissions to access or manipulate data objects (such as tickets, records, or files) that should be restricted to higher-privileged users, without proper authorization validation on the server side.
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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
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/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 Majestic Support plugin is installedAccess the WordPress admin panel and navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins, or check the wp-content/plugins directory for a folder named 'majestic-support' or similar. Alternatively, query the WordPress database: SELECT * FROM wp_options WHERE option_name = 'active_plugins' AND option_value LIKE '%majestic%';Affected if The plugin is present and activated in the WordPress installation
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Identify the installed versionCheck the plugin header in the main PHP file (usually wp-content/plugins/majestic-support/majestic-support.php) for the 'Version' comment, or query: SELECT option_value FROM wp_options WHERE option_name = 'majestic_support_version'; Compare the version number to 1.1.7Affected if The installed version is 1.1.7 or lower (e.g., 1.1.7, 1.1.6, 1.1.5, etc.)
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Verify Subscriber-level user accounts existCheck WordPress users with the Subscriber role: In admin, go to Users > All Users and look for users with 'Subscriber' role, or query: SELECT u.user_login, um.meta_value FROM wp_users u LEFT JOIN wp_usermeta um ON u.ID = um.user_id WHERE um.meta_key = 'wp_capabilities' AND um.meta_value LIKE '%subscriber%';Affected if At least one user account with Subscriber-level permissions exists in the system
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Confirm the vulnerable functionality is accessibleTest accessing ticket, record, or file endpoints that should require higher privileges (such as viewing other users tickets or accessing admin-level resources). Attempt a request as a Subscriber user to endpoints like /?action=view_ticket&id=1 or similar AJAX/admin-ajax.php routes used by the plugin, without proper authorization headers.Affected if Subscriber-level users can access or manipulate data objects (tickets, records, files) belonging to higher-privileged users without receiving a 403/401 authorization error
You are affected if Majestic Support plugin version 1.1.7 or below is installed, Subscriber-level users exist in the system, and those subscribers can access restricted data objects through the plugin's endpoints.
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 Majestic Support to the latest patched version. If no update is available, implement proper object-level authorization checks in the code to verify that the requesting user has permission to access the specific resource before returning data.
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- 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.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2026-57646 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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