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 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…
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Medium 5.4
WholesaleX <= 3.0.8 - Unauthenticated Limited Privilege Escalation via 'process_registration'
The WholesaleX – B2B & Wholesale Plugin for WooCommerce with Wholesale Prices plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Limited Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.8 via the 'process_registration' due to missing validation on the 'whole…
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Medium 5.4
calcom cal.com/cal.diy Credentials delete credentials.delete privileges management
A vulnerability was determined in calcom cal.com and cal.diy up to 6.2.0. This vulnerability affects the function credentials.delete of the file /api/trpc/credentials/delete of the component Credentials Handler. This manipulation of the argument teamId causes…
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Medium 4.4
IBM i is Affected By An Improper Privilege Management Vulnerability
IBM i 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, and 7.6 could allow a local attacker to modify the BOOTP table due to improper authorization.
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Medium 6.5
IBM® Db2® is vulnerable to local privilege escalation via the db2pd utility
IBM Db2 11.5.0 through 11.5.9, and 12.1.0 through 12.1.5 is vulnerable to a local privilege escalation via the db2pd utility.
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Medium 4.4
Yungengxin Yun Jia Security Guard kgameprotect.sys sub_14000885C privileges management
A flaw has been found in Yungengxin Yun Jia Security Guard up to 2.7.1.9. Impacted is the function sub_14000885C in the library kgameprotect.sys. Executing a manipulation of the argument Pid can lead to improper privilege management. The attack requires local…
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Medium 5.4
yangzongzhuan RuoYi authDataScope checkRoleAllowed privileges management
A vulnerability has been found in yangzongzhuan RuoYi up to 4.8.3. This affects the function checkRoleAllowed of the file /system/role/authDataScope. Such manipulation of the argument roleKey leads to improper privilege management. It is possible to launch th…
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Medium 6.7
Improper privilege management in Locksettings prior to SMR Oct-2026 Release 1 allows local privileged attackers with ro…
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Medium 5.5
Unauthorized access vulnerability in ZTE Z80 Ultra product
ZTE Z80 Ultra's system interfaces do not have robust invocation authentication, with inadequate access control. Third-party apps may call the interfaces through reflection and retrieve relevant information.
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Medium 5.5
Unauthorized information retrieval vulnerability in ZTE Z80 Ultra product
ZTE Z80 Ultra has an unauthorized information disclosure vulnerability. The access control for methods within the framework is insufficient. An attacker can exploit this method to read device-related information.
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Medium 5.7
Unauthorized access vulnerability in ZTE Z80 Ultra product
ZTE Z80 Ultra has a system interface permission verification defect. The interface lacks necessary access control, and relevant information can be read by reflectively invoking the interface.
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Medium 5.4
Academy LMS <= 4.0.3 - Authenticated (Custom+) Privilege Escalation to add_child REST endpoint
The Academy LMS – AI Course Builder, Quizzes, Certificates & eLearning plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.3. This is due to the `add_child()` function calling `add_role('academy_student')` on a…
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Medium 6.8
Redux Framework <= 4.5.11 – Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via Users Extension
The Redux Framework plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.11. This is due to the plugin saving arbitrary meta keys under a registered option name without sufficient capability checks or key allowl…
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Medium 6.7
Local Privilege Escalation in ClearPass Client Software
A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the ClearPass client software. Successful exploitation could allow a low-privileged local user to execute commands with elevated privileges on the affected system, if certain conditions outside of the attac…
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Medium 5.4
Improper privilege management in UI in Google Chrome on on Mac prior to 155.0.8059.39 allowed a remote attacker leverag…
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Medium 4.4
In kdn_set_sysregs_prot of hwcrypto-kdn.c, there is a possible information disclosure due to a logic error in the code.…
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Medium 6.7
Penpot: Team admin can escalate to owner via team invitation (missing owner-role guard on the invitation path)
Penpot is an open-source design and prototyping platform. Prior to 2.18.0, create-team-invitations and the invitation acceptance path allow a non-owner team administrator to assign the owner role because invitation roles are persisted and applied without the …
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Medium 4.9
Penpot: A team admin (non-owner) can remove the team owner via ::delete-team-member — missing owner-protection
Penpot is an open-source design and prototyping platform. Prior to 2.18.0, the delete-team-member RPC allows a team administrator to remove any member other than themselves but does not protect the team owner. A non-owner administrator can delete the owner's …
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Medium 4.3
Ghost: Editors Could Promote Staff Users to Their Own Role
Ghost is a Node.js content management system. From 0.5.0 until 6.64.0, staff users with the Editor or Super Editor role were able to assign their own role to Author and Contributor users, despite not having permission to assign that role. This issue is fixed …
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Medium 5.4
Plane: Project Member can escalate Project Guest to Member via PATCH /project-members/{pk} (BAC / Privilege Escalation)
Plane is an open-source project management tool. Prior to 1.4.0, a Project Member with role 15 can send a PATCH request to the project-member update endpoint at /api/workspaces/{workspace_slug}/projects/{project_id}/members/{member_pk}/ to change another user…
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Medium 4.3
Ghost 0.5.0 before 6.64.0 Privilege Escalation via Staff Role Assignment
Ghost 0.5.0 before 6.64.0 does not correctly restrict staff role assignment, allowing users with the Editor or Super Editor role to assign their own role to other staff despite lacking permission to do so. An authenticated Editor or Super Editor can promote A…
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Medium 5.6
EasyIO FG
- Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in Johnson Controls Easy IO FG allows (Brute Force). This issue affects Easy IO FG: before 2.0b52.
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Medium 6.7
Kiteworks Core Privilege Escalation through External Control of File Name or Path
Two Kiteworks Core cluster-management operations did not validate file paths supplied to them, so an attacker holding root on one node of a cluster could write files as root onto another node and cause them to be executed there. Exploitation requires backend …
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Medium 5.3
An information disclosure vulnerability in ZTE U30 Air product
There is an information disclosure vulnerability in ZTE U30 Air. Due to improper permission control, attackers can exploit the vulnerability to obtain relevant information.
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Medium 6.4
Authenticated Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in a Daemon of HPE Networking Instant ON
A local privilege-escalation vulnerability has been discovered in the affected daemon of HPE Networking Instant ON. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a local attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution with root privileges if certain …
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Medium 6.5
Authentication Bypass in the Captive Portal of HPE Networking Instant On
An authentication bypass vulnerability in the captive portal of HPE Networking Instant On could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to circumvent existing authentication controls. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to gain limited access to …
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Medium 6.5
Nezha Dashboard before 2.3.5 Task Type Validation Bypass
Nezha Dashboard versions before 2.3.5 fail to restrict service monitor task types to supported probe types, allowing authenticated users with nezha:service:write scope to submit privileged task types through the service API. Attackers can deliver command exec…
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Medium 4.9
WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher < 2.8.27 - Contributor+ Post Publication and Author Spoofing via Campaign Settings
The WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher WordPress plugin before 2.8.27 does not verify that a user running a feed campaign is permitted to publish content or to attribute posts to another account, allowing users with contributor-level access and above to publish posts…
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Medium 6.5
Capgo apikey_manager Role Privilege Escalation via Incomplete Role Deny-list
Capgo (capgo.app backend, versions ≤ 12.261.0) improperly restricts which roles the apikey_manager organization role may bind to newly created API keys. When an authenticated user holding only apikey_manager (permissions org.manage_apikeys and org.read) calls…
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Medium 5.3
GLPI: Unauthorized Debug Mode Activation via Profile Update (Privilege Escalation)
GLPI is a free asset and IT management software package. From 0.72 until 10.0.26 and 11.0.8, an authenticated user without the required permission can enable debug mode. The affected user-setting update does not enforce the privilege boundary intended to rest…
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Medium 6.3
krayin laravel-crm User Management UserController.php privileges management
A vulnerability was determined in krayin laravel-crm up to 2.2.5. This affects an unknown part of the file packages/Webkul/Admin/src/Http/Controllers/Settings/UserController.php of the component User Management. Executing a manipulation of the argument role_i…
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Medium 5.2
Docmost: Privilege Escalation - ADMIN Can Invite Users as OWNER
Docmost is open-source collaborative wiki and documentation software. Prior to 0.90.1, an authenticated workspace ADMIN can use the workspace invitation flow to invite an external email address with the OWNER role because the role ceiling does not prevent ADM…
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Medium 6.8
Dell Secure Connect Gateway (SCG) Policy Manager, versions prior to 5.34.00.16, contains an Improper Privilege Manageme…
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Medium 6.6
CodeAstro QR Code Attendance Management System UserController.php save privileges management
A vulnerability was detected in CodeAstro QR Code Attendance Management System 1.0. This affects the function Save of the file app/Controllers/UserController.php. The manipulation of the argument role_id results in improper privilege management. The attack ca…
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Medium 6.3
samanhappy MCPHub Template Import Endpoint templateService.ts importTemplate privileges management
A security vulnerability has been detected in samanhappy MCPHub up to 1.0.32. The impacted element is the function importTemplate of the file src/services/templateService.ts of the component Template Import Endpoint. The manipulation leads to improper privile…
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Medium 4.3
Email enumeration and account ID leakage vulnerabilities in ZTE SmartLife APP
SmartLife app dynamically generates brand‑new SmartLife application authentication parameters within its runtime process. With the obtained SmartLife application authentication parameters, attackers can directly invoke the backend interface /account/verify.se…
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Medium 6.6
Forminator Forms < 1.57.2.1 - Authenticated Privilege Escalation via Quiz Lead-Form Import
The Forminator Forms WordPress plugin before 1.57.2.1 does not apply the role validation it enforces elsewhere when a registration form is nested inside an imported quiz, allowing a user who may import quizzes to publish a live, publicly reachable form that g…
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Medium 5.4CVE-2026-86552 Public exploit
A vulnerability that skips email ownership verification for account registration in ZTE SmartLife APP
SmartLife app dynamically generates brand‑new SmartLife application authentication parameters at runtime. With the acquired SmartLife application authentication credentials, an attacker can directly complete registration using any arbitrary email address via …
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Medium 6.5
Cisco Identity Services Engine Hardening Release - Improper Privlege Management Vulnerabilities
As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) engineering teams have conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review…