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 7.7
Multicloud-operators-channel: multicloud-operators-channel: auto-generated role grants every managed-cluster agent secrets:get,list,watch in channel namespaces
A flaw was found in the multicloud-operators-channel component of Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management (RHACM). This vulnerability allows a compromised agent from a managed cluster to gain unauthorized access to sensitive information. Specifically, the agent c…
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Medium 6.4
Improper Authorization in MongoDB profile Command Allows Unauthorized Modification of Server-Wide Diagnostic Settings
An issue in MongoDB Server could allow an authenticated user with limited, database-scoped privileges to modify diagnostic logging settings that affect the entire server rather than just the intended database. This could allow suppression of diagnostic loggin…
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High 8.8
AcyMailing <= 10.11.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Missing Authorization to Account Takeover via Notification Template Update
The AcyMailing – An Ultimate Newsletter Plugin and Marketing Automation Solution for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 10.11.1. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a us…
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High 7.7
Cursor: Sandbox escape via launching privileged containers
Cursor is a code editor built for programming with AI. Prior to 3.0.0, Cursor IDE for macOS allows an agent running in Auto-Run Sandbox mode, when Docker Desktop and the Dev Containers CLI are installed, to launch a privileged container and mount Docker's vir…
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High 7.3
Windows Package Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Improper privilege management in Windows Package Manager allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
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High 7.1
Improper privilege management for some Intel(R) PROSet/Wireless WiFi Software for Windows within Ring 2: Privileged Pro…
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High 8.8
Authentik Security authentik - Privilege Escalation
A privilege escalation vulnerability in Authentik Security authentik through 2026.5.6 allows an attacker with a source-scoped SCIM provisioning token to take over any user account including superusers by provisioning a SCIM user that matches an existing local…
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High 8.8
Authentik Security authentik - Privilege Escalation
A privilege escalation vulnerability in Authentik Security authentik through 2026.5.6 allows an attacker with a source-scoped SCIM provisioning token to gain superuser privileges by provisioning a SCIM group that matches an existing administrator group by nam…
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High 8.8
Odh-dashboard: odh-dashboard: confused-deputy privilege escalation via unchecked roleref in rolebinding creation
A flaw was found in odh-dashboard. An authenticated user of the dashboard can exploit a vulnerability related to how RoleBindings are created. The system does not properly validate the `roleRef` field, allowing a user to specify an arbitrary role, including h…
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Critical 9.9
Dokploy: Non-admin member gains root on the host by bypassing the owner/admin check on server-level schedules (incomplete fix of CVE-2026-45632)
Dokploy is a free, self-hostable Platform as a Service (PaaS). From 0.29.2 until 0.29.13, schedule.create and schedule.update in apps/dokploy/server/api/routers/schedule.ts derive serviceId from applicationId or composeId and execute the owner/admin host-sche…
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Critical 9.9
Dokploy: Missing authorization in WebSocket handlers allows a low-privilege member to gain root on the Docker host
Dokploy is a free, self-hostable Platform as a Service (PaaS). Prior to 0.29.13, Dokploy's WebSocket handlers (in-app terminals and log streamers) authenticate the session but never authorize it. They establish who the user is via validateRequest() and then p…
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Medium 6.7
systemd-homed: local privilege escalation via missing home-record signature verification on the authenticate path
systemd-homed contains a local privilege escalation bug via arbitrary system group addition to a local, logged in, homed-managed user
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Critical 9.8
Apache Ranger: Privilege Escalation via URL Parameter
Privilege Escalation via URL Parameter is reported in Apache Ranger versions <= 2.8.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.9.0, which fixes this issue.
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High 7.2
Vitepos < 3.6.0 - Outlet Manager+ Privilege Escalation
The vitepos WordPress plugin before 3.6.0, Vitepos WordPress plugin before 3.5.0 do not perform a per-target authorization check in their point-of-sale password-reset API and grant the custom Outlet Manager role an over-broad password-reset capability by defa…
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Critical 9.8
FoodBoxBooker < 1.0.7 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Password Reset
The FoodBoxBooker WordPress plugin before 1.0.7 does not properly validate the password reset request, allowing unauthenticated attackers to reset the password of arbitrary users, including administrators, which could lead to a full site takeover.
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High 7.8
Kingston FURY CTRL RGB Control Software Driver NTIOLib_KSFX.sys privileges management
A security flaw has been discovered in Kingston FURY CTRL RGB Control Software 2.0.65.0. The impacted element is an unknown function in the library NTIOLib_KSFX.sys of the component Driver. Performing a manipulation results in improper privilege management. T…
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Medium 4.7
wongcyrus ExcelLexBot Lambda Function ExcelLexBotS3TriggerFunction privileges management
A vulnerability was detected in wongcyrus ExcelLexBot up to 0.0.3. This affects the function ExcelLexBotS3TriggerFunction of the component Lambda Function Handler. Performing a manipulation results in improper privilege management. The attack may be initiated…
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Critical 9.8
AI Copilot – Content Generator <= 1.5.6 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Custom Workflow Route
The AI Copilot – Content Generator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.6. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible …
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Critical 9.9
Improper privilege management in the XML-RPC API of Plesk before 18.0.80, allows an authenticated reseller to obtain an…
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High 8.8
Subscriptions for WooCommerce < 2.0.1 - Shop Manager+ Arbitrary Plugin Installation
The Subscriptions for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 2.0.1 does not verify the user's capability before installing and activating a Subscriptions for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 2.0.1 from a user-supplied slug through a nonce-protected AJAX actio…
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High 7.8
Power Sofware PowerISO Kernel Driver scdemu.sys privileges management
A security flaw has been discovered in Power Sofware PowerISO 9.3.0.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality in the library C:\Windows\System32\drivers\scdemu.sys of the component Kernel Driver. The manipulation results in improper privilege ma…
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Critical 9.9
OpenReception: Tenant admin self-promotes to GLOBAL_ADMIN
OpenReception's appointment booking software provides an end-to-end encrypted appointment booking platform. Prior to version 1.0.2, a TENANT_ADMIN promotes themselves to platform-wide GLOBAL_ADMIN through a single PUT request. The role-update handler accepts …
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Critical 9.8
Privilege Escalation via System REST APIs in Multiple WSO2 Products Permits Admin Account Takeover
Tokens issued to a low-privileged user are not sufficiently restricted, allowing them to be used to access product-level Admin REST APIs. Exploitation of this vulnerability allows a low-privileged user to invoke the Admin REST APIs of WSO2 products, potential…
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Medium 6.3
mf-yang openclaw-cn reply-elevated.ts isApprovedElevatedSender privileges management
A vulnerability was determined in mf-yang openclaw-cn up to 0.2.1. This vulnerability affects the function isApprovedElevatedSender of the file src/auto-reply/reply/reply-elevated.ts. This manipulation causes improper privilege management. It is possible to i…
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Medium 6.3
nanocoai NanoClaw Child-Agent Creation create-agent.ts handleCreateAgent privileges management
A vulnerability was detected in nanocoai NanoClaw up to 2.0.64. Affected is the function handleCreateAgent of the file src/modules/agent-to-agent/create-agent.ts of the component Child-Agent Creation. Performing a manipulation results in improper privilege ma…
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Medium 4.3
Jenkins Horreum Plugin 0.16.162.v33b_4a_a_b_5f828 and earlier does not set the appropriate context for credentials look…
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Medium 4.3
Cisco IOS XE Software Web-Based Management Interface Vulnerability
A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with low privileges to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack against an affected device. This vulnerability is due to insufficient …
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Critical 9.9
Privilege escalation in Progress MarkLogic Server Hadoop integration
An improper privilege management vulnerability in the Hadoop integration of Progress MarkLogic Server before 11.3.6 and 12.0.3 allows an authenticated user with a low-privileged Hadoop role to escalate privileges and execute privileged operations against the …
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Critical 9.9
Privilege escalation in Progress MarkLogic Server REST document patch operation
An improper privilege management vulnerability in the REST API document patch operation of Progress MarkLogic Server before 11.3.6 and 12.0.3 allows an authenticated user with a low-privileged REST role to escalate privileges and execute privileged operations…
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Critical 9.9
Privilege escalation in Progress MarkLogic Server REST query interfaces
An improper privilege management vulnerability in the SQL, SPARQL, and Optic REST query interfaces of Progress MarkLogic Server before 11.3.6 and 12.0.3 allows an authenticated user with a low-privileged REST role to escalate privileges to administrator. This…
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High 8.1
Privilege escalation in Progress MarkLogic Server REST API document processing
An improper privilege management vulnerability in the REST API document processing pipeline of Progress MarkLogic Server before 11.3.6 and 12.0.3 allows an authenticated user with an administrative REST role to escalate privileges. This can result in unauthor…
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Medium 5.4
Keycloak-services: keycloak-services: ldap entry-dn user search bypasses configured users dn boundary
A flaw was found in the LDAP storage provider of Keycloak, which is used to federate user identities from external directories. The issue occurs when a delegated administrator performs a search using a specific LDAP entry Distinguished Name (DN). Due to missi…
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High 8.8CVE-2026-18322 Public exploit
Smart Popup by Supsystic <= 1.12.0 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation to Administrator
The Smart Popup by Supsystic plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.12.0. This is due to a permission map collision in the `havePermissions()` function in `classes/frame.php`, where `array_merge()` o…
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High 8.4
A vulnerability allowing local privilege escalation to the Reporter service context.
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High 8.5
An improper authentication and path traversal vulnerability exists in ASUSTOR Backup Plan and ASUSTOR EZ Sync.
The background service of ABP or AES runs as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM and implements a file-based inter-process communication (IPC) mechanism protected by AES encryption. Because the encryption key file is readable by standard users and protected using DPAPI. Any …
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High 7.8
Razer RzUpdateService Named Pipe RzUpdateService.exe privileges management
A weakness has been identified in Razer RzUpdateService 1.10.14.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file C:\Program Files (x86)\Razer\RzUpdateEngineService\RzUpdateService.exe of the component Named Pipe Handler. Executing a m…
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Medium 6.2CVE-2026-15430 Public exploit
CVE-2026-15430
Improper access control in the IRP_MJ_WRITE command interface in Wellbia XIGNCODE3 xhunter2.sys, version 2026.6.1.192, allows a local, unprivileged attacker to achieve local privilege escalation to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM, extract credentials from PPL-protected l…
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Critical 9.1
Import and export users and customers < 2.4.2 - Custom Role Privilege Escalation to Administrator via CSV Import
The Import and export users and customers WordPress plugin before 2.4.2 does not enforce WordPress's role-assignment and per-user edit permissions during CSV import, allowing a user holding only the user-creation capability to create an administrator account …
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High 8.8
ArcadeDB before 26.7.3 Privilege Escalation via JavaScript Trigger
ArcadeDB before 26.7.3 binds the real LocalDatabase object into JavaScript trigger contexts with HostAccess.ALL, allowing schema-admins to call getSecurity().createUser() without permission checks. Attackers with UPDATE_SCHEMA permission can create triggers t…
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Critical 9.8
Pouco Import Users <= 1.0.0 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
The POUCO Import Users WordPress plugin through 1.0.0 does not perform any capability or nonce checks on AJAX actions available to unauthenticated users that create and update WordPress accounts, and it trusts an attacker-supplied role value, allowing unauthe…