CVE-2026-32341

Received Received - Intake

Missing Authorization in raratheme Benevolent Allows Unauthorized Access

Publication date: 2026-03-13

Last updated on: 2026-03-16

Assigner: Patchstack

Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in raratheme Benevolent benevolent allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Benevolent: from n/a through <= 1.3.9.

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Meta Information

Published

2026-03-13

Last Modified

2026-03-16

Generated

2026-07-06

AI Q&A

2026-03-13

EPSS Evaluated

2026-07-05

NVD

CVE-2026-32341

EUVD

EUVD-2026-11824

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
raratheme	benevolent	to 1.3.9 (inc)

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Exploitability

CWE

KEV

CWE ID	Description
CWE-862	The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

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Executive Summary

CVE-2026-32341 is a Broken Access Control vulnerability in the WordPress Benevolent Theme versions up to and including 1.3.9.

The issue arises from missing authorization, authentication, or nonce token checks within certain functions, which allows unauthenticated users to perform actions that normally require higher privileges.

This vulnerability falls under the OWASP Top 10 category A1: Broken Access Control.

Impact Analysis

The vulnerability allows unauthorized users to perform privileged actions without proper authentication or authorization.

However, the CVSS severity score is 5.3, indicating a low priority and low impact threat, and it is considered unlikely to be exploited.

Users of the affected theme versions are advised to update to version 1.4.0 or later to mitigate the risk.

Compliance Impact

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Detection Guidance

This vulnerability is related to missing authorization checks in the WordPress Benevolent Theme up to version 1.3.9, allowing unauthenticated users to perform privileged actions.

Detection typically involves verifying the version of the Benevolent Theme installed on your WordPress site.

You can check the theme version by accessing your WordPress admin dashboard under Appearance > Themes, or by inspecting the style.css file in the theme directory.

There are no specific network or system commands provided to detect exploitation attempts of this vulnerability.

Mitigation Strategies

The primary mitigation step is to update the Benevolent Theme to version 1.4.0 or later, where this vulnerability has been resolved.

Since the vulnerability arises from missing authorization checks, applying the update will restore proper access control.

If immediate updating is not possible, consider restricting access to the affected theme functions or disabling the theme temporarily until the update can be applied.

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