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
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Medium 6.0
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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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Critical 9.8
JAY Login & Register <= 2.6.03 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via jay_login_register_ajax_create_final_user
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_login_register_ajax_create_final_user' f…
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Critical 9.1CVE-2026-25643 Public exploit
Frigate Affected by Authenticated Remote Command Execution (RCE) and Container Escape
Frigate is a network video recorder (NVR) with realtime local object detection for IP cameras. Prior to 0.16.4, a critical Remote Command Execution (RCE) vulnerability has been identified in the Frigate integration with go2rtc. The application does not saniti…
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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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Critical 9.8CVE-2025-15030 Public exploit
User Profile Builder < 3.15.2 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Password Reset
The User Profile Builder WordPress plugin before 3.15.2 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 access t…
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Medium 5.8
Untrusted user data can lead to privilege escalation
Chef InSpec versions up to 5.23 and before 7.0.107 creates named pipes with overly permissive default Windows access controls. A local attacker may interfere with the pipe connection process and exploit the insufficient access restrictions to assume the InSpe…
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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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Medium 6.7
Elevation of Privileges in Symantec Endpoint Protection Windows Client
Symantec Endpoint Protection, prior to 14.3 RU10 Patch 1, RU9 Patch 2, and RU8 Patch 3, 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 eleva…
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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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Critical 10.0
Kyverno Cross-Namespace Privilege Escalation via Policy apiCall
Kyverno is a policy engine designed for cloud native platform engineering teams. Versions prior to 1.16.3 and 1.15.3 have a critical authorization boundary bypass in namespaced Kyverno Policy apiCall. The resolved `urlPath` is executed using the Kyverno admis…
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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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Critical 9.8CVE-2026-0920 Public exploit
LA-Studio Element Kit for Elementor <= 1.5.6.3 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Backdoor to Administrative User Creation via lakit_bkrole parameter
The LA-Studio Element Kit for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Administrative User Creation in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.6.3. This is due to the 'ajax_register_handle' function not restricting what user roles a user can register wi…
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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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Medium 5.3
Flux Operator Web UI Impersonation Bypass via Empty OIDC Claims
The Flux Operator is a Kubernetes CRD controller that manages the lifecycle of CNCF Flux CD and the ControlPlane enterprise distribution. Starting in version 0.36.0 and prior to version 0.40.0, a privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Flux Operator …
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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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Medium 4.6
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Medium 6.0
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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Critical 9.8
Advanced Custom Fields: Extended <= 0.9.2.1 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Insert User Form Action
The Advanced Custom Fields: Extended plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 0.9.2.1. This is due to the 'insert_user' function not restricting the roles with which a user can register. This makes it po…
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Critical 9.8
RegistrationMagic <= 6.0.7.1 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via admin_order
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High 7.1
Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
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High 8.0CVE-2026-1010 Public exploit
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High 7.7
Rocket.Chat Unauthorized Access to OAuth App Details
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High 7.2
Cursor has a Terminal Tool Allowlist Bypass via Environment Variables
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Critical 10.0
Administrator Account Creation Vulnerability in BLUVOYIX
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High 7.8
Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in HPE Aruba Networking Virtual Intranet Access (VIA) Client for Linux
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High 8.8
Local Privilege Escalation
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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
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Critical 9.8CVE-2025-14736 Public exploit
Frontend Admin by DynamiApps <= 3.28.29 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation to Administrator via Role Form Field
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