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 8.7
FrankenPHP leaks session data between requests in worker mode
FrankenPHP is a modern application server for PHP. Prior to 1.11.2, when running FrankenPHP in worker mode, the $_SESSION superglobal is not correctly reset between requests. This allows a subsequent request processed by the same worker to access the $_SESSIO…
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High 7.6
Leaky JWTs in OpenMetadata exposing highly-privileged bot users
OpenMetadata is a unified metadata platform. Prior to 1.11.8, calls issued by the UI against /api/v1/ingestionPipelines leak JWTs used by ingestion-bot for certain services (Glue / Redshift / Postgres). Any read-only user can gain access to a highly privilege…
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High 7.6
Outline is vulnerable to privilege escalation vulnerability in document sharing
Outline is a service that allows for collaborative documentation. Prior to 1.1.0, a privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Outline document management system due to inconsistent authorization checks between user and group membership management endpo…
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High 8.8
Vulnerabilities in the My Account and User Management components in CIPPlanner CIPAce before 9.17 allows attackers to e…
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High 7.8
Windows Remote Desktop Services Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Improper privilege management in Windows Remote Desktop allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
KEV Feb 10, 2026 -
High 8.6
Craft has a GraphQL Asset Mutation Privilege Escalation
Craft is a platform for creating digital experiences. In Craft versions from 4.0.0-RC1 to before 4.17.0-beta.1 and 5.9.0-beta.1, there is a Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Craft CMS’s GraphQL API that allows an authenticated user with write access to on…
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High 8.8CVE-2025-15100 Public exploit
JAY Login & Register <= 2.6.03 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via jay_panel_ajax_update_profile
The JAY Login & Register plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.6.03. This is due to the plugin allowing a user to update arbitrary user meta through the 'jay_panel_ajax_update_profile' function. Thi…
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High 7.8
CyberArk Endpoint Privilege Manager Agent through 25.10.0 allows a local user to achieve privilege escalation through p…
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High 7.8
A vulnerability exists in Quick Heal Total Security 23.0.0 in the quarantine management component where insufficient va…
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High 8.4
Local privilege escalation in ESET Inspect Connector for Windows
Planting a custom configuration file in ESET Inspect Connector allow load a malicious DLL.
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High 7.2
immich API Key Privilege Escalation vulnerability
immich is a high performance self-hosted photo and video management solution. Prior to version 2.5.0, API keys can escalate their own permissions by calling the update endpoint, allowing a low-privilege API key to grant itself full administrative access to th…
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High 8.1
Custom Login Page Customizer < 2.5.4 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Password Reset
The Custom Login Page Customizer WordPress plugin before 2.5.4 does not have a proper password reset process, allowing a few unauthenticated requests to reset the password of any user by knowing their username, such as administrator ones, and therefore gain a…
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High 7.0
Elevation of Privileges in Web Security Services (WSS) Agent
WSS Agent, prior to 9.8.5, may be susceptible to a Elevation of Privilege vulnerability, which is a type of issue whereby an attacker may attempt to compromise the software application to gain elevated access to resources that are normally protected from an a…
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High 8.4
Local Privilege Escalation in dormakaba Kaba exos 9300 System management
A local privilege escalation vulnerability has been identified in the Kaba exos 9300 System management application (d9sysdef.exe). Within this application it is possible to specify an arbitrary executable as well as the weekday and start time, when the specif…
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High 8.8
An issue with WordPress directory names in WebPros WordPress Toolkit before 6.9.1 allows privilege escalation.
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High 7.5
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that a…
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High 7.5
Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). Supported versions that a…
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High 7.1
Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Improper privilege management in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) allows an authorized attacker to bypass a security feature locally.
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High 8.0CVE-2026-1010 Public exploit
Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Altium Enterprise Server Workflow Engine Allows Privilege Escalation
A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the Altium Workflow Engine due to missing server-side input sanitization in workflow form submission APIs. A regular authenticated user can inject arbitrary JavaScript into workflow data. When an adm…
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High 7.3CVE-2025-67246 Public exploit
A local information disclosure vulnerability exists in the Ludashi driver before 5.1025 due to a lack of access control…
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High 7.7
Rocket.Chat Unauthorized Access to OAuth App Details
Rocket.Chat is an open-source, secure, fully customizable communications platform. In Rocket.Chat versions up to 6.12.0, the API endpoint GET /api/v1/oauth-apps.get is exposed to any authenticated user, regardless of their role or permissions. This endpoint r…
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High 7.2
Cursor has a Terminal Tool Allowlist Bypass via Environment Variables
Cursor is a code editor built for programming with AI. Prior to 2.3, hen the Cursor Agent is running in Auto-Run Mode with Allowlist mode enabled, certain shell built-ins can still be executed without appearing in the allowlist and without requiring user appr…
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High 7.8
Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in HPE Aruba Networking Virtual Intranet Access (VIA) Client for Linux
A local privilege-escalation vulnerability has been discovered in the HPE Aruba Networking Virtual Intranet Access (VIA) client. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a local attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution with root privilege…
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High 8.8
Local Privilege Escalation
A vulnerability has been identified in the installation/uninstallation of the Nessus Agent Tray App on Windows Hosts which could lead to escalation of privileges.
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High 8.0CVE-2026-22804 Public exploit
Termix has a Stored XSS in File Manager leading to Local File Inclusion (LFI) in Electron and Session Hijacking in Browser
Termix is a web-based server management platform with SSH terminal, tunneling, and file editing capabilities. From 1.7.0 to 1.9.0, Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the Termix File Manager component. The application fails to sanitize S…
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High 8.6
PRIVILEGE ESCALATION VIA SUDO COMMAND
The absence of permissions control for the user XXX allows the current configuration in the sudoers file to escalate privileges without any restrictions
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High 8.1CVE-2025-47411 EPSS 15%
Apache StreamPipes: Leverage of User ID for Privilege Escalation
A user with a legitimate non-administrator account can exploit a vulnerability in the user ID creation mechanism in Apache StreamPipes that allows them to swap the username of an existing user with that of an administrator. This vulnerability allows an attac…
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High 7.1
Self-hosted n8n has Legacy Code node that enables arbitrary file read/write
n8n is an open source workflow automation platform. Prior to version 2.0.0, in self-hosted n8n instances where the Code node runs in legacy (non-task-runner) JavaScript execution mode, authenticated users with workflow editing access can invoke internal helpe…
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High 7.7
An issue was discovered in K7 Ultimate Security 17.0.2045. A Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability in the K7 U…
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High 8.8
HiSecOS 04.0.01 Privilege Escalation via User Role Modification
HiSecOS 04.0.01 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows authenticated users to modify their access role through XML-based NETCONF configuration. Attackers can send crafted XML payloads to the /mops_data endpoint with a specific role value to…
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High 8.8
An issue was discovered in DriveLock 24.1 before 24.1.6, 24.2 before 24.2.7, and 25.1 before 25.1.5. Local unprivileged…
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High 7.8
An Improper Access Control vulnerability in Advantech SUSI driver (susi.sys) allows attackers to read/write arbitrary m…
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High 7.8
A logic issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.7.3 and iPadOS 18.7.3, macOS Sequoia 15…
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High 7.8
The issue was addressed by adding additional logic. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.3, macOS Tahoe 26. An app…
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High 8.7
Privilege Escalation in Dialogflow CX via Webhook Admin Role
A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Google Cloud's Dialogflow CX. Dialogflow agent developers with Webhook editor permission are able to configure Webhooks using Dialogflow service agent access token authentication. This allows the attacker to esca…
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High 8.4
Input verification vulnerability in the compression and decompression module. Impact: Successful exploitation of this v…
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High 7.6
Improper access control in Google Cloud Apigee-X allows cross-tenant Analytics modification and log data access.
A vulnerability in Apigee-X allowed an attacker to gain unauthorized read and write access to Apigee Analytics (AX) data and access logs belonging to other Apigee customer organizations. Apigee-X was found to be vulnerable. This vulnerability was patched in v…
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High 7.7
Privilege Escalation in MAAS via Websocket Request Manipulation
An Improper Input Validation vulnerability exists in the user websocket handler of MAAS. An authenticated, unprivileged attacker can intercept a user.update websocket request and inject the is_superuser property set to true. The server improperly validates th…
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High 7.2
Entrust nShield Connect XC, nShield 5c, and nShield HSMi through 13.6.11, or 13.7 (patched in 13.6.12 (LTS) and 13.9.0 …
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High 8.8
Tiger <= 101.2.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation
The Tiger theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 101.2.1. This is due to the plugin allowing a user to update the user role through the $user->set_role() function. This makes it possible for authenticat…