CVE-2026-32436

Received Received - Intake

Missing Authorization in VW Photography Allows Unauthorized Access

Publication date: 2026-03-13

Last updated on: 2026-04-29

Assigner: Patchstack

Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in vowelweb VW Photography vw-photography allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects VW Photography: from n/a through <= 1.3.8.

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Meta Information

Published

2026-03-13

Last Modified

2026-04-29

Generated

2026-07-06

AI Q&A

2026-03-13

EPSS Evaluated

2026-07-05

NVD

CVE-2026-32436

EUVD

EUVD-2026-11976

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
vowelweb	vw_photography	to 1.3.8 (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-2026-32436 is a Broken Access Control vulnerability in the WordPress VW Photography Theme versions up to and including 1.3.8. It occurs due to missing authorization, authentication, or nonce token checks in 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 unauthenticated users to perform privileged actions without proper authorization. However, it has a CVSS severity score of 5.3, indicating a low priority and low severity impact.

It is considered unlikely to be exploited in a way that causes significant harm, but it still poses a risk of unauthorized actions within the VW Photography Theme.

Users are advised to update to version 1.3.9 or later to mitigate this risk.

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Mitigation Strategies

To mitigate the CVE-2026-32436 vulnerability in the VW Photography WordPress theme, you should update the theme to version 1.3.9 or later, where the issue has been resolved.

This vulnerability arises from missing authorization checks allowing unauthenticated users to perform privileged actions, so applying the patch is the recommended immediate step.

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