Weakness (CWE)
CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management
The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.
How to prevent it (3 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
Follow the principle of least privilege when assigning access rights to entities in a software system.
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Architecture and Design
Consider following the principle of separation of privilege. Require multiple conditions to be met before permitting access to a system resource.
Source: MITRE CWE-269
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High 8.8
Vulnerability in the Oracle Hyperion Financial Management product of Oracle Hyperion (component: Security). The support…
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High 8.8
Vulnerability in the Oracle Virtual Directory product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Virtual Directory Server)…
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High 8.7
Managed-serviceaccount: managed-serviceaccount: hub addon-manager clusterrole grants cluster-wide secret read/write and csr approval
A flaw was found in managed-serviceaccount. A compromised addon-manager pod, due to its ClusterRole granting excessive permissions, can read any secret across all namespaces. Additionally, it can approve arbitrary Certificate Signing Requests (CSRs), which co…
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High 7.0
CodeWhale before 0.8.64 Privilege Escalation via exec_shell_interact
CodeWhale versions >= 0.3.10 and < 0.8.64 (published as deepseek-tui >= 0.3.10 and < 0.8.41 on npm and 0.3.10 through 0.8.41 on crates.io, and as codewhale / codewhale-tui >= 0.8.41 and < 0.8.64) contain a vulnerability in the exec_shell_interact (alias exec_…
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High 8.8
Privilege escalation in the Request Handling component
Privilege escalation in the Request Handling component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 154, Firefox ESR 153.1, Thunderbird 154, and Thunderbird 153.1.
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High 8.8
Privilege escalation in the Downloads API component
Privilege escalation in the Downloads API component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 154, Firefox ESR 153.1, Thunderbird 154, and Thunderbird 153.1.
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High 8.8
Privilege escalation in the Application Update component
Privilege escalation in the Application Update component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 154, Thunderbird 154, Firefox ESR 153.2, and Thunderbird 153.2.
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High 8.8
Privilege escalation in the Shell Integration component
Privilege escalation in the Shell Integration component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 154, Firefox ESR 140.14, Firefox ESR 153.1, Thunderbird 154, Thunderbird 140.14, and Thunderbird 153.1.
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High 8.8
Privilege escalation in the Networking: Cookies component
Privilege escalation in the Networking: Cookies component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 154, Firefox ESR 140.14, Firefox ESR 153.1, Thunderbird 154, Thunderbird 140.14, and Thunderbird 153.1.
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High 8.8
Privilege escalation in the Remote Settings Client component
Privilege escalation in the Remote Settings Client component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 154, Firefox ESR 115.39, Firefox ESR 140.14, Firefox ESR 153.1, Thunderbird 154, Thunderbird 140.14, and Thunderbird 153.1.
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High 8.8
Privilege escalation in the Graphics: CanvasWebGL component
Privilege escalation in the Graphics: CanvasWebGL component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 154, Firefox ESR 140.14, Firefox ESR 153.1, Thunderbird 154, Thunderbird 140.14, and Thunderbird 153.1.
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High 8.8CVE-2026-74939 Public exploit
Privilege escalation in the DOM: Navigation component
Privilege escalation in the DOM: Navigation component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 154, Firefox ESR 115.39, Firefox ESR 140.14, Firefox ESR 153.1, Thunderbird 154, Thunderbird 140.14, and Thunderbird 153.1.
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High 8.8
Privilege escalation in the DOM: Networking component
Privilege escalation in the DOM: Networking component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 154, Firefox ESR 115.39, Firefox ESR 140.14, Firefox ESR 153.1, Thunderbird 154, Thunderbird 140.14, and Thunderbird 153.1.
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High 8.0
Dokploy: Invitation Role Escalation Allows Organization Takeover
Dokploy is a free, self-hostable Platform as a Service (PaaS). Prior to 0.29.6, Dokploy's organization.inviteMember tRPC procedure in apps/dokploy/server/api/routers/organization.ts allows a user with member:create permission to invite an account with the own…
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High 8.8
SkyPilot Authentication Bypass via Service Account Role Escalation
SkyPilot fails to validate that authenticated users are entitled to grant administrator roles when updating service account permissions. Attackers can create a service account, escalate it to administrator role, and authenticate with its bearer token to gain …
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High 8.8
Search-v2-operator: search-v2-operator: cluster-wide impersonate on users/groups shared across 4 pods grants hub system:masters
A flaw was found in search-v2-operator. This component's `search-serviceaccount` has overly broad permissions, allowing it to impersonate users and groups across the entire cluster. If an attacker gains access to any of the pods running under this service acc…
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High 7.2
All-in-One WP Migration and Backup < 7.108 - Multisite Subsite Admin+ Network-Wide PHP Code Execution via REST Import
The All-in-One WP Migration and Backup WordPress plugin before 7.108 does not restrict its migration import functionality to network administrators on multisite installations, allowing an administrator of a single subsite to execute arbitrary PHP code across …
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High 7.5
Real Estate Manager Pro <= 12.8.6 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via 'user_has_cap' Filter ID Collision
The Real Estate Manager Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 12.8.6. This is due to improper capability handling in the allow_attachment_actions() function, which can treat a target user ID as a …
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High 8.8
Wholesale Market <= 2.2.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via 'role_required' Parameter
The Wholesale Market plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 2.2.2 via the ced_wholesale_request_send AJAX action. The ced_wholesale_request_send_callback() handler only verifies a nonce (which is exposed t…
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High 8.8
bLoyal: Loyalty & Promotions by bLoyal <= 3.1.611.78 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via Unprotected AJAX API URL Settings
The bLoyal: Loyalty & Promotions by bLoyal plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.611.78. This is due to the AJAX actions `save_bloyal_configuration_data` and `save_bloyal_accesskeyverification_dat…
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High 8.8
Propovoice: All-in-One Client Management System <= 1.7.8 - Authenticated (ndpv_manager+) Privilege Escalation via 'role' Parameter
The Propovoice: All-in-One Client Management System plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.8. This is due to the `create()` function's REST endpoint failing to validate the user-supplied `role` par…
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High 7.8CVE-2026-69414 Public exploit
Microsoft Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft is aware of an elevation of privilege in the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine in Microsoft Defender publicly referred to as "ShieldBreak ".
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High 7.8
Dell Wyse Management Suite (WMS), versions prior to 2605.0.2, contain an Incorrect Default Permission vulnerability. A …
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High 8.1
CVE-2026-16772
In Akaunting versions <= 3.1.21, low‑privileged authenticated users can modify their own account to assign themselves the admin role ID, granting full administrator privileges. This vulnerability is caused by a flaw in the `UpdateUser` job, which processes us…
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High 8.8
Grav 1.0.6 through 1.0.11 Privilege Escalation via Scoped API Keys
The Grav API plugin (getgrav/grav-plugin-api) versions >= 1.0.6 and <= 1.0.11 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability. A scoped API key minted on a super-admin account bypasses its declared scope cap on four isSuperAdmin()-gated write endpoints (in Group…
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High 8.8
Grav API Plugin before 1.0.13 RCE via ConfigController scope bypass
Grav API plugin versions before 1.0.13 fail to enforce API key scope caps in ConfigController super-scope gates, allowing scoped keys to write scheduler configuration. The scope cap is applied only inside requirePermission(), while the scheduler and backups g…
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High 8.8
Grav before 1.0.13 API Key Scope Bypass via UsersController
The Grav API plugin (getgrav/grav-plugin-api) before 1.0.13 contains an API-key scope-cap bypass in UsersController's create() and update() methods. These methods enforce the scope cap only for api.users.write, but gate super-privilege grants on a bare isSupe…
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High 7.2
Grav before 1.0.13 API Key Scope Bypass via InvitationsController
Grav Plugin API (getgrav/grav-plugin-api) before 1.0.13 fails to enforce API-key scope caps in InvitationsController. The strip-super and accept-groups decisions are gated on a bare isSuperAdmin() check rather than a scope-aware permission check, so a least-p…
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High 8.1
Essential Addons for Elementor < 6.7.2 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Custom Profile Field Mass Assignment
The Essential Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin before 6.7.2 does not prevent user-supplied registration fields from overwriting reserved account attributes, allowing unauthenticated attackers to register an account with an arbitrary role, including admin…
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High 8.8
Budibase: Privilege escalation via public role assignment API missing app-level authorization
Budibase is an open-source low-code platform. Prior to 3.39.24, POST /api/public/v1/roles/assign called validateGlobalRoleUpdate without checking appBuilder.appId or role.appId in packages/server/src/api/controllers/public/globalRoleValidation.ts. An app-scop…
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High 8.6
FreePBX: Authenticated Arbitrary SSH Key Injection via Backup Module
FreePBX is an open source IP PBX. From 17.0.5.34 until 17.0.11, the publicKeySave AJAX endpoint in Backup.class.php accepts an authenticated administrator's SSH public key and appends it to /home/asterisk/.ssh/authorized_keys for the asterisk system user with…
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High 8.4
IBM i Is Affected By Multiple Vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK and IBM Java Runtime
IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges due to improper validation of pointers read from Java-controlled addresses.
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High 8.9
IBM i Is Affected By Multiple Vulnerabilities in IBM Java SDK and IBM Java Runtime
IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions due to improper validation of user-controlled addresses.
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High 8.8
IBM i is Affected By Multiple Vulnerabilities in WebSphere Application Server Liberty
IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges due to improper management of thread authority swaps.
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High 8.8
IBM i is Affected By An Unauthorized Privileges Vulnerability in SQL []
IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to obtain unauthorized privileges due to improper privilege management.
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High 7.8
IBM i is Affected By An Improper Management Vulnerability in HTTP Server []
IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges due to improper privilege management.
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High 7.5CVE-2026-13610 Public exploit
KiviCare < 4.5.2 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Registration
The KiviCare WordPress plugin before 4.5.2 does not restrict the roles assignable through its unauthenticated registration endpoint, allowing unauthenticated attackers to create an active, privileged clinic-staff (doctor) account with full access to patient r…
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High 8.8
IBM i is Affected By Multiple Vulnerabilities in the Debug Server
IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges due to improper validation of a client-supplied profile name.
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High 8.8
IBM i is Affected By Multiple Vulnerabilities in Navigator for i
IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 s vulnerable to privilege escalation via Navigator for i. An authenticated user could elevate privileges to a root user to execute commands.
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High 8.1
IBM i is Affected By improper privilege management in Navigator for i
IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands due to improper privilege management during monitor owner reassignment.