Weakness (CWE)
CWE-266: Incorrect Privilege Assignment
A product incorrectly assigns a privilege to a particular actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.
How to prevent it (2 mitigations)
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Architecture and Design, Operation
Very carefully manage the setting, management, and handling of privileges. Explicitly manage trust zones in the software.
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Architecture and Design, Operation
Run your code using the lowest privileges that are required to accomplish the necessary tasks [REF-76]. If possible, create isolated accounts with limited privileges that are only used for a single task. That way, a successful attack will not immediately give the attacker access to the rest of the software or its environment. For example, database applications rarely need to run as the database administrator, especially in day-to-day operations.
Source: MITRE CWE-266
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High 7.3CVE-2025-39459 Public exploit
WordPress Real Estate 7 theme <= 3.5.2 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in contempoinc Real Estate 7 realestate-7 allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Real Estate 7: from n/a through <= 3.5.2.
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Critical 9.8
WordPress SureTriggers <= 1.0.82 - Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Brainstorm Force OttoKit suretriggers allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects OttoKit: from n/a through <= 1.0.82.
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Medium 5.3CVE-2025-2995 Public exploit
Tenda FH1202 Web Management Interface SysToolChangePwd access control
A vulnerability has been found in Tenda FH1202 1.2.0.14(408) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /goform/SysToolChangePwd of the component Web Management Interface. The manipulation leads to improper access controls…
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Critical 9.8CVE-2024-56071 Public exploit
WordPress Simple Dashboard plugin <= 2.0 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in mikeleembruggen Simple Dashboard simple-dashboard allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Simple Dashboard: from n/a through <= 2.0.
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Critical 9.8CVE-2024-54383 Public exploit
WordPress WooCommerce - PDF Vouchers plugin < 4.9.9 - Broken Authentication vulnerability
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in wpweb WooCommerce PDF Vouchers woocommerce-pdf-vouchers allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects WooCommerce PDF Vouchers: from n/a through < 4.9.9.
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Critical 9.8CVE-2024-54363 Public exploit
WordPress Wp NssUser Register plugin <= 1.0.0 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in saiful.total Wp NssUser Register wp-nssuser-register allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Wp NssUser Register: from n/a through <= 1.0.0.
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Medium 5.3CVE-2024-10654 Public exploit
TOTOLINK LR350 formLoginAuth.htm authorization
A vulnerability has been found in TOTOLINK LR350 up to 9.3.5u.6369 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /formLoginAuth.htm. The manipulation of the argument authCode with the input 1 leads to autho…
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Critical 9.8CVE-2024-50485 Public exploit
WordPress Exam Matrix plugin <= 1.5 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Udit Rawat Exam Matrix exam-matrix allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Exam Matrix: from n/a through <= 1.5.
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Critical 9.8
WordPress LiteSpeed Cache plugin <= 6.3.0.1 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation vulnerability
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in LiteSpeed Technologies LiteSpeed Cache litespeed-cache.This issue affects LiteSpeed Cache: from n/a through <= 6.3.0.1.
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High 8.8CVE-2024-32507 Public exploit
WordPress Login with phone number plugin <= 1.7.16 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Hamid Alinia Login with phone number login-with-phone-number allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Login with phone number: from n/a through 1.7.16.
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High 8.8CVE-2024-22145 Public exploit
WordPress InstaWP Connect plugin <= 0.1.0.8 - Arbitrary Option Update to Privilege Escalation vulnerability
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in InstaWP InstaWP Connect instawp-connect.This issue affects InstaWP Connect: from n/a through <= 0.1.0.8.
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High 7.8CVE-2024-31771 Public exploit
Insecure Permission vulnerability in TotalAV v.6.0.740 allows a local attacker to escalate privileges via a crafted file
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Medium 6.7CVE-2024-27460 Public exploit
A privilege escalation exists in the updater for Plantronics Hub 3.25.1 and below.
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High 7.3CVE-2023-40109 Public exploit
In createFromParcel of UsbConfiguration.java, there is a possible background activity launch (BAL) due to a permissions…
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High 7.5CVE-2023-1874 Public exploit
WP Data Access <= 5.3.7 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation
The WP Data Access plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 5.3.7. This is due to a lack of authorization checks on the multiple_roles_update function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, wit…
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Medium 4.5CVE-2019-3843 Public exploit
It was discovered that a systemd service that uses DynamicUser property can create a SUID/SGID binary that would be all…
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Unscored —CVE-2018-1088 Public exploit
A privilege escalation flaw was found in gluster 3.x snapshot scheduler. Any gluster client allowed to mount gluster vo…