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The CFAA requires you to have "knowingly (accessed a computer without authorization or exceeding authorized access)." (Under typical statutory construction rules, the mens rea requirement should distribute as shown by the parens; I have not checked whether case law has construed the CFAA specifically that way).

If you had permission to access the website otherwise, and exceeded authorized access because of a bug, you would not have met the "knowing" requirement and would not have violated the CFAA.

Problem with the British system is that in practice race, gender, and SES are just as relevant as context and motivation.

Intent goes a long way in many things concerning legal cases in many places around the world.