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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Medium 6.5
Surfer < 1.8.1.759 - Contributor+ Privilege Escalation via Editor API Key Disclosure
The Surfer WordPress plugin before 1.8.1.759 discloses a sensitive API credential to low-privileged users through the post editor page and relies on that same credential as the sole authorization for its privileged REST API, allowing users with contributor-le…
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Medium 6.5
WCFM Membership < 2.12.1 - Subscriber+ Payment Verification Bypass
The WCFM Membership WordPress plugin before 2.12.1 does not verify that payment was made before completing a paid membership, allowing any authenticated Subscriber/Customer to activate a paid vendor membership for free and gain the marketplace vendor role.
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Medium 6.3
yangzongzhuan RuoYi-Vue Permission Service SysPermissionService.java SysPermissionService.getMenuPermission privileges management
A vulnerability was determined in yangzongzhuan RuoYi-Vue up to 3.9.2. This issue affects the function SysPermissionService.getMenuPermission of the file SysPermissionService.java of the component Permission Service. This manipulation of the argument perms ca…
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Medium 6.3
EasySoft ZenTao PMS User model.php checkGroupChange privileges management
A weakness has been identified in EasySoft ZenTao PMS up to 22.6. This impacts the function userModel::checkGroupChange of the file module/user/model.php of the component User Module. This manipulation of the argument group causes improper privilege managemen…
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Medium 5.3
Privilege Escalation Leading to Information Disclosure in HPE Networking Fabric Composer API
A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the API of HPE Networking Fabric Composer if certain preconditions outside of the attacker's control are met. Successful exploitation could allow an authenticated low-privileged remote attacker to obtain sensitiv…
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Medium 6.4
Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in HPE Networking Fabric Composer API
A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the API of HPE Networking Fabric Composer if certain preconditions outside of the attacker's control are met. Successful exploitation could allow an authenticated attacker with low privileges to gain elevated pri…
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Medium 4.7
ken678 YznCMS Auth Group Group.php Backend privileges management
A security flaw has been discovered in ken678 YznCMS up to 2.2.0. The affected element is the function Backend of the file app/admin/controller/auth/Group.php of the component Auth Group Handler. Performing a manipulation results in improper privilege managem…
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Medium 4.2
Essential Addons for Elementor 6.6.0 - 6.8.7 - Author+ Privilege Escalation via register_user_role
The Essential Addons for Elementor WordPress plugin before 6.8.8 does not correctly restrict who may set the role assigned to accounts created through its registration form, allowing authenticated users with Author-level access and above to cause newly regist…
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Medium 6.5
Credential exposure to space supporter
A SpaceSupporter could improperly modify an application's start command and buildpack—actions requiring SpaceDeveloper privileges. This privilege escalation enables unauthorized retrieval of service credentials through malicious start commands or custom build…
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Medium 6.3
BeyondSEO <= 1.3.6 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Limited Privilege Escalation
The Beyondseo plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access in versions up to, and including, 1.3.6. This is due to the plugin permanently granting the 'rankingcoach_write_redirectManager' (and sibling rankingcoach_write_* module capabilities) to …
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Medium 5.3
App passwords were allowed to bypass password confirmation on sensitive endpoints.
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Medium 6.3
Dell PowerProtect Data Domain, Feature Release versions 7.7.1.0 through 8.7, LTS2024 release versions 7.13.1.0 through …
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Medium 6.7
Dell PowerProtect Data Domain, Feature Release versions 7.7.1.0 through 8.7, LTS2024 release versions 7.13.1.0 through …
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Medium 6.5
Device-code claim permits restricted token escalation in Psono Server
Psono Server versions 5.3.5 through 7.2.3 used a permission class that did not enforce token write scope when claiming a device code. An authenticated remote attacker holding a restricted API key-derived session could claim an attacker-controlled device code …
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Medium 5.4
OpenPanel before 3.0.0 Privilege Escalation via onboarding.project tRPC Mutation
OpenPanel before 3.0.0 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the onboarding.project tRPC mutation that allows non-admin organization members to create projects and mint write-type ingestion credentials, bypassing the admin-only policy. Attackers c…
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Medium 4.3CVE-2026-116471 Public exploit
BKWLD Decoy Authorization Policy Policy.php privileges management
A security flaw has been discovered in BKWLD Decoy up to 5.11.1. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file Policy.php of the component Authorization Policy. The manipulation of the argument role results in improper privilege management. The atta…
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Medium 6.5
icret EasyImage del.php privileges management
A flaw has been found in icret EasyImage up to 2.8.7. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file app/del.php. Executing a manipulation of the argument hash can lead to improper privilege management. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploi…
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Medium 6.5
Authentication Bypass in the PAPI Protocol of AOS-10 allows Unauthorized Configuration Changes
An authentication bypass in the PAPI protocol of AOS-10 allows an unauthenticated adjacent attacker to circumvent existing authentication controls. Successful exploitation allows an attacker to change the state of certain settings of a vulnerable system.
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Medium 6.0
Vulnerability in Oracle Essbase (component: Java Based Agent). The supported version that is affected is 21.8.3.0.0. Ea…
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Medium 5.5
Vulnerability in Oracle GoldenGate (component: Vendor Access Module). Supported versions that are affected are 19.1.0.0…
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Medium 6.7
Vulnerability in the Siebel CRM Deployment product of Oracle Siebel CRM (component: Server Infrastructure). Supported v…
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Medium 6.7
Vulnerability in the Siebel CRM Deployment product of Oracle Siebel CRM (component: Server Infrastructure). Supported v…
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Medium 5.5
Vulnerability in the Siebel CRM Deployment product of Oracle Siebel CRM (component: Server Infrastructure). Supported v…
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Medium 6.7
Vulnerability in the Siebel CRM Deployment product of Oracle Siebel CRM (component: Server Infrastructure). Supported v…
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Medium 5.5
Vulnerability in the Siebel CRM Deployment product of Oracle Siebel CRM (component: Server Infrastructure). Supported v…
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Medium 5.5
Vulnerability in the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools product of Oracle JD Edwards (component: Monitoring and Diagnostics…
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Medium 4.5
Vulnerability in the Oracle Solaris product of Oracle Systems (component: X Window System). The supported version that …
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Medium 6.7
Vulnerability in the Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management product of Oracle Communications (component: …
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Medium 6.1
Vulnerability in the Oracle WebCenter Content product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Content Server). Supporte…
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Medium 6.5
Vulnerability in the Oracle WebCenter Content product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: Content Server). Supporte…
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Medium 6.9
Vulnerability in the Helidon product of Oracle Fusion Middleware (component: OIDC). Supported versions that are affecte…
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Medium 6.7
Vulnerability in the Siebel CRM Deployment product of Oracle Siebel CRM (component: Server Infrastructure). Supported v…
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Medium 6.7
A Shell Privilege Escalation vulnerability in Nokia 1830 Global Express (GX)
Nokia 1830 Global Express GX is vulnerable to a local privilege escalation vulnerability which exists in the administrative shell interface. An authenticated local attacker with restricted shell access can exploit this vulnerability to bypass local security r…
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Medium 6.2
A permissions issue was addressed with improved validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 26.7 and iPadOS 26.7, iOS 27 and…
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Medium 4.3
Vikunja 2.6.0 Broken Access Control via Inherited Project Permissions
Vikunja 2.6.0 contains a broken access control flaw in getProjectAccessForUser (pkg/models/project_access.go), which resolves a user's effective project permission as the maximum over the project tree, silently overriding explicit lower-permission shares on s…
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Medium 6.5
phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta Privilege Escalation via Group Category Restrictions API
phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha before 4.2.0-beta contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in GroupController::saveCategoryRestrictions() that lets delegated administrators assign categories outside their own scope. Category-restricted administrators can POST to /a…
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Medium 5.5
phpMyFAQ from 4.2.0-alpha.2 before 4.2.0-beta Privilege Escalation via Group Permissions API
phpMyFAQ from 4.2.0-alpha.2 before 4.2.0-beta contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in the group permission API, whose updatePermissions and updateMembers endpoints check held rights without regard to language or category scope and write unrestricted …
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Medium 5.5
phpMyFAQ 4.2.0-alpha.2 before 4.2.0-beta Privilege Escalation via updateUserRights
phpMyFAQ from 4.2.0-alpha.2 before 4.2.0-beta contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in UserController::updateUserRights that drops per-right language restrictions when rights are re-granted. Administrators holding USER_EDIT can submit language-scoped …
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Medium 5.4
IBM i is Affected By An Improper Privilege Management Vulnerability in OpenSSH
IBM i 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, and 7.6 is could allow a remote authenticated attacker to bypass security restrictions due to improper enforcement of the ChrootDirectory configuration directive.
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Medium 4.8
WP Compress <= 7.25.00 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation to 'group'/'setting'/'value' Parameters on comms Endpoint
The WP Compress – Instant Performance & Speed Optimization plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 7.25.00 The vulnerability exists because the `start_comms` dispatcher (`wps_ic_comms::start_comms`), ho…