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
The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended <= 3.2.4 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via Menu Editor Module
The 'The Ultimate WordPress Toolkit – WP Extended' plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.4. This is due to the `isDashboardOrProfileRequest()` method in the Menu Editor module using an insecure `s…
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High 8.1CVE-2026-3629 Public exploit
Import and export users and customers <= 1.29.7 - Privilege Escalation to Administrator via save_extra_user_profile_fields
The Import and export users and customers plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.29.7. This is due to the 'save_extra_user_profile_fields' function not properly restricting which user meta keys can b…
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High 8.8
OpenClaw < 2026.3.1 - Authorization Bypass in Agent Runs via Owner-Only Tool Access
OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.3.1 contain an authorization mismatch vulnerability that allows authenticated callers with operator.write scope to invoke owner-only tool surfaces including gateway and cron through agent runs in scoped-token deployments. Attac…
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High 7.5
OpenClaw < 2026.3.1 - Sandbox Escape via Cross-Agent sessions_spawn
OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.3.1 fail to enforce sandbox inheritance during cross-agent sessions_spawn operations, allowing sandboxed sessions to create child processes under unsandboxed agents. An attacker with a sandboxed session can exploit this to spaw…
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High 8.1
Mass Assignment Privilege Escalation in Checkmate
Checkmate is an open-source, self-hosted tool designed to track and monitor server hardware, uptime, response times, and incidents in real-time with beautiful visualizations. In versions from 3.5.1 and prior, a mass assignment vulnerability in Checkmate's use…
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High 7.8
Zoom Clients for Windows - Improper Privilege Management
Improper Privilege Management in certain Zoom Clients for Windows may allow an authenticated user to conduct an escalation of privilege via local access.
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High 8.8
ExactMetrics 7.1.0 - 9.0.2 - Authenticated (Custom) Improper Privilege Management to Role Privilege Escalation via Settings Update
The ExactMetrics – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress plugin is vulnerable to Improper Privilege Management in versions 7.1.0 through 9.0.2. This is due to the `update_settings()` function accepting arbitrary plugin setting names without a whitelist of …
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High 7.2
Umbraco Affected by Vertical Privilege Escalation via Missing Authorization Checks
Umbraco is an ASP.NET CMS. From 15.3.1 to before 16.5.1 and 17.2.2, A privilege escalation vulnerability has been identified in Umbraco CMS. Under certain conditions, authenticated backoffice users with permission to manage users, may be able to elevate their…
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High 7.5
Jail chroot escape via fd exchange with a different jail
If two sibling jails are restricted to separate filesystem trees, which is to say that neither of the two jail root directories is an ancestor of the other, jailed processes may nonetheless be able to access a shared directory via a nullfs mount, if the admin…
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High 8.8
Jail escape by a privileged user via nullfs
By default, jailed processes cannot mount filesystems, including nullfs(4). However, the allow.mount.nullfs option enables mounting nullfs filesystems, subject to privilege checks. If a privileged user within a jail is able to nullfs-mount directories, a limi…
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High 8.8
Paid Videochat Turnkey Site – HTML5 PPV Live Webcams <= 7.3.20 - Authenticated (Author+) Privilege Escalation
The Paid Videochat Turnkey Site – HTML5 PPV Live Webcams plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 7.3.20. This is due to videowhisper_register_form() function not restricting user roles that can be set d…
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High 8.1
OpenClaw < 2026.2.2 - Authorization Bypass via /approve Chat Command
OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.2 contain an authorization bypass vulnerability where clients with operator.write scope can approve or deny exec approval requests by sending the /approve chat command. The /approve command path invokes exec.approval.resolve …
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High 7.1
Vulnerability of improper verification in the email application. Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability …
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High 8.6
Multiple SUID Root Binaries in `monitor` User Home Directory Leading to Potential Local Privilege Escalation
Multiple SUID root-owned binaries are found in /home/monitor/terminal, /home/monitor/kore-terminal, /home/monitor/IDE-DPack/terminal-dpack, and /home/monitor/IDE-DPack/terminal-dpack2 in International Data Casting (IDC) SFX2100 Satellite Receiver, which may l…
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High 8.6
Multiple SUID Root Binaries in `xd` User Home Directory Leading to Potential Local Privilege Escalation
A SUID root-owned binary in /home/xd/terminal/XDTerminal in International Data Casting (IDC) SFX2100 on Linux allows a local actor to potentially preform local privilege escalation depending on conditions of the system via execution of the affected SUID binar…
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High 8.3
`/bin/date` Binary given SETUID Permissions on IDC SFX2100 Leading to Potential LPE
International Data Casting (IDC) SFX2100 satellite receiver comes with the `/bin/date` utility installed with the setuid bit set. This configuration grants elevated privileges to any local user who can execute the binary. A local actor is able to use the GTFO…
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High 8.3
`/sbin/ip` Binary given SETUID Permissions on IDC SFX2100 Leading to Potential LPE
International Data Casting (IDC) SFX2100 satellite receiver comes with the `/sbin/ip` utility installed with the setuid bit set. This configuration grants elevated privileges to any local user who can execute the binary. A local actor is able to use the GTFOb…
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High 8.8CVE-2026-26416 Public exploit
An authorization bypass vulnerability in Tata Consultancy Services Cognix Recon Client v3.0 allows authenticated users …
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High 8.3
Vaultwarden: Collection Management Operations Allowed Without `manage` Verification for Manager Role
Vaultwarden is an unofficial Bitwarden compatible server written in Rust, formerly known as bitwarden_rs. Prior to version 1.35.4, when a Manager has manage=false for a given collection, they can still perform several management operations as long as they hav…
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High 8.3
Vaultwarden: Privilege Escalation via Bulk Permission Update to Unauthorized Collections by Manager
Vaultwarden is an unofficial Bitwarden compatible server written in Rust, formerly known as bitwarden_rs. Prior to version 1.35.4, there is a privilege escalation vulnerability via bulk permission update to unauthorized collections by Manager. This issue has …
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High 8.0
OpenClaw: Sandboxed sessions_spawn(runtime="acp") bypassed sandbox inheritance and allowed host ACP initialization
### Summary Sandboxed `sessions_spawn(runtime="acp")` could bypass sandbox inheritance and initialize host-side ACP runtime. The fix now fail-closes ACP spawn from sandboxed requester sessions and rejects `sandbox="require"` for `runtime="acp"`. ### Affected …
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High 7.2
Incorrect access control in the component /opt/SRLtzm/bin/TapeDumper of Cohesity TranZman Migration Appliance Release 4…
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High 8.8
LatePoint <= 5.2.7 - Authenticated (Agent+) Privilege Escalation
The LatePoint – Calendar Booking Plugin for Appointments and Events plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via password reset in all versions up to, and including, 5.2.7. This is due to the plugin allowing users with a LatePoint Agent role…
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High 8.4
theshit's Improper Privilege Dropping Allows Local Privilege Escalation via Command Re-execution
theshit is a command-line utility that automatically detects and fixes common mistakes in shell commands. Prior to version 0.2.0, improper privilege dropping allows local privilege escalation via command re-execution. This issue has been patched in version 0.…
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High 7.8
In multiple functions of mem_protect.c, there is a possible out-of-bounds write due to a logic error in the code. This …
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High 8.4
In __pkvm_init_vm of pkvm.c, there is a possible memory corruption due to a logic error in the code. This could lead to…
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High 7.8CVE-2026-0023 Public exploit
In createSessionInternal of PackageInstallerService.java, there is a possible way for an app to update its ownership du…
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High 7.8
In VBMeta, there is a possible way to modify and resign VBMeta using a test key, assuming the original image was previo…
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High 8.8
WireGuard Portal Vulnerable to Privilege Escalation to Admin via User Self-Update
WireGuard Portal (or wg-portal) is a web-based configuration portal for WireGuard server management. Prior to version 2.1.3, any authenticated non-admin user can become a full administrator by sending a single PUT request to their own user profile endpoint wi…
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High 8.5
CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager Agent versions 25.10.0 and lower allow potential unauthorized privilege elevation l…
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High 8.8
Privilege escalation in the Netmonitor component
Privilege escalation in the Netmonitor component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 148, Firefox ESR 140.8, Thunderbird 148, and Thunderbird 140.8.
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High 8.8
Privilege escalation in the Netmonitor component
Privilege escalation in the Netmonitor component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 148, Firefox ESR 140.8, Thunderbird 148, and Thunderbird 140.8.
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High 8.8
Formwork Improperly Manages Privileges During User Creation
Formwork is a flat file-based Content Management System (CMS). In versions 2.0.0 through 2.3.3, the application fails to properly enforce role-based authorization during account creation. Although the system validates that the specified role exists, it does n…
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High 7.8
Local Privilege Escalation in NesterSoft WorkTime
An attacker can exploit the update behavior of the WorkTime monitoring daemon to elevate privileges on the local system to NT Authority\SYSTEM. A malicious executable must be named WTWatch.exe and dropped in the C:\ProgramData\wta\ClientExe directory, which …
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High 8.8
Toret Manager <= 1.2.7 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Options Update via AJAX actions
The Toret Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data that can lead to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the 'trman_save_option' function and on the 'trman_save_option_items' in all versions up to, a…
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High 7.8
Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in HPE Aruba Networking Clear Pass Policy Manager OnGuard for Linux
A local privilege-escalation vulnerability has been discovered in the HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass OnGuard Software for Linux. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a local attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution with root privilege…
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High 8.7
Malwarebytes AdwCleaner before v.8.7.0 runs as Administrator and performs an insecure log file delete operation in whic…
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High 8.8
JUNG eNet SMART HOME server 2.2.1/2.3.1 Privilege Escalation via setUserGroup
eNet SMART HOME server 2.2.1 and 2.3.1 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability due to insufficient authorization checks in the setUserGroup JSON-RPC method. A low-privileged user (UG_USER) can send a crafted POST request to /jsonrpc/management specifyin…
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High 8.8
Ecwid by Lightspeed Ecommerce Shopping Cart <= 7.0.7 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via ec_store_admin_access
The Ecwid by Lightspeed Ecommerce Shopping Cart plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 7.0.7. This is due to a missing capability check in the 'save_custom_user_profile_fields' function. This makes it …
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High 8.1
Magic Login Mail or QR Code <= 2.05 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Insecure QR Code File Storage
The Magic Login Mail or QR Code plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.05. This is due to the plugin storing the magic login QR code image with a predictable, static filename (QR_Code.png) in the pub…