Weakness (CWE)
CWE-284: Improper Access Control
The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.
How to prevent it (2 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
Compartmentalize the system to have "safe" areas where trust boundaries can be unambiguously drawn. Do not allow sensitive data to go outside of the trust boundary and always be careful when interfacing with a compartment outside of the safe area.
Ensure that appropriate compartmentalization is built into the system design, and the compartmentalization allows for and reinforces privilege separation functionality. Architects and designers should rely on the principle of least privilege to decide the appropriate time to use privileges and the time to drop privileges.
Source: MITRE CWE-284
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High 7.6
Starter Templates — Elementor, Gutenberg & Beaver Builder Templates <= 2.7.0 Authenticated Block Import to Stored XSS
On sites that also had the Elementor plugin for WordPress installed, it was possible for users with the edit_posts capability, which includes Contributor-level users, to import blocks onto any page using the astra-page-elementor-batch-process AJAX action. An …
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High 8.1
PAN-OS: Improper Access Control Vulnerability Exposing AWS Instance Metadata Endpoint to GlobalProtect Users
An improper access control vulnerability in PAN-OS software enables an attacker with authenticated access to GlobalProtect portals and gateways to connect to the EC2 instance metadata endpoint for VM-Series firewalls hosted on Amazon AWS. Exploitation of this…
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High 7.5CVE-2021-42359 Scanner template
WP DSGVO Tools (GDPR) <= 3.1.23 Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post Deletion
WP DSGVO Tools (GDPR) <= 3.1.23 had an AJAX action, ‘admin-dismiss-unsubscribe‘, which lacked a capability check and a nonce check and was available to unauthenticated users, and did not check the post type when deleting unsubscription requests. As such, it w…
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High 8.1
Hashthemes Demo Importer <= 1.1.1 Improper Access Control Allowing Content Deletion
The Hashthemes Demo Importer Plugin <= 1.1.1 for WordPress contained several AJAX functions which relied on a nonce which was visible to all logged-in users for access control, allowing them to execute a function that truncated nearly all database tables and …
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High 8.8
This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Parallels Desktop 16.1.3 …
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High 7.8
PHP-FPM memory access in root process leading to privilege escalation
In PHP versions 7.3.x up to and including 7.3.31, 7.4.x below 7.4.25 and 8.0.x below 8.0.12, when running PHP FPM SAPI with main FPM daemon process running as root and child worker processes running as lower-privileged users, it is possible for the child proc…
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High 8.8
Windows version of Multipass unauthenticated localhost tcp control socket can perform mounts
The Windows version of Multipass before 1.7.0 allowed any local process to connect to the localhost TCP control socket to perform mounts from the operating system to a guest, allowing for privilege escalation.
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High 8.8
ECOA BAS controller - Improper Access Control
ECOA BAS controller is vulnerable to insecure direct object references that occur when the application provides direct access to objects based on user-supplied input. As a result of this vulnerability, attackers with general user's privilege can remotely bypa…
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High —
User can obtain JWT token even if account is disabled
Users can authenticate this way even if their user account is disabled. This is a high risk vulnerability when account disabling is used to block users' access to the system. (Someone who never had an account cannot exploit this vulnerability.) The fix ensure…
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High 7.8
Cisco Access Points SSH Management Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
A vulnerability in the SSH management feature of multiple Cisco Access Points (APs) platforms could allow a local, authenticated user to modify files on the affected device and possibly gain escalated privileges. The vulnerability is due to improper checking …
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High 8.9
Orion User setting Improper Access Control Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
An Improper Access Control Privilege Escalation Vulnerability was discovered in the User Setting of Orion Platform version 2020.2.5. It allows a guest user to elevate privileges to the Administrator using this vulnerability. Authentication is required to expl…
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High 8.3
Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance IPv4 and IPv6 Forwarding Vulnerabilities
Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to access sensitive internal services from an external interface. These vulnerabilities are due to insufficient restrictions for IPv4 or IPv6 pack…
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High 8.3
Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance IPv4 and IPv6 Forwarding Vulnerabilities
Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco Intersight Virtual Appliance could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to access sensitive internal services from an external interface. These vulnerabilities are due to insufficient restrictions for IPv4 or IPv6 pack…
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High 8.3
Weak password in API gateway in EdgeX Foundry Edinburgh, Fuji, Geneva, and Hanoi releases allows remote attackers to obtain authentication token via dictionary-based password attack when OAuth2 authentication method is enabled.
EdgeX Foundry is an open source project for building a common open framework for internet-of-things edge computing. A vulnerability exists in the Edinburgh, Fuji, Geneva, and Hanoi versions of the software. When the EdgeX API gateway is configured for OAuth2 …
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High 7.5
QSAN Storage Manager - Improper Access Control
Improper access control vulnerability in share_link in QSAN Storage Manager allows remote attackers to download arbitrary files using particular parameter in download function. The referred vulnerability has been solved with the updated version of QSAN Storag…
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High 7.5
QSAN Storage Manager - Improper Access Control Following via FirwareUpgrade function
Improper access control vulnerability in FirmwareUpgrade in QSAN Storage Manager allows remote attackers to reboot and discontinue the device. The referred vulnerability has been solved with the updated version of QSAN Storage Manager v3.3.3.
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High 7.5
Adobe Experience Manager broken access control in DSRPReindexServlet could lead to denial-of-service
AEM's Cloud Service offering, as well as versions 6.5.7.0 (and below), 6.4.8.3 (and below) and 6.3.3.8 (and below) are affected by an Improper Access Control vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to cause an application …
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High 8.0
B426 Web Configuration Authentication Bypass
This vulnerability could allow an attacker to hijack a session while a user is logged in the configuration web page. This vulnerability was discovered by a security researcher in B426 and found during internal product tests in B426-CN/B429-CN, and B426-M and …
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High 8.6
Trusted servers exchange can be triggered by attacker
Nextcloud Server is a Nextcloud package that handles data storage. A vulnerability in federated share exists in versions prior to 19.0.11, 20.0.10, and 21.0.2. An attacker can gain access to basic information about users of a server by accessing a public link…
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High 8.8
Missing permission check on email metadata retrieval
Nextcloud Mail is a mail app for the Nextcloud platform. A missing permission check in Nextcloud Mail before 1.4.3 and 1.8.2 allows another authenticated users to access mail metadata of other users. Versions 1.4.3 and 1.8.2 contain patches for this vulnerabi…
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High 7.8
The Adobe ColdFusion installer fails to set a secure access-control list (ACL) on the default installation directory, s…
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High 8.8
Relative Path Traversal Vulnerability in QTS and QuTS hero
A relative path traversal vulnerability has been reported to affect QNAP NAS running QTS and QuTS hero. If exploited, this vulnerability allows attackers to modify files that impact system integrity. QNAP have already fixed this vulnerability in the following…
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High 7.1CVE-2020-36197 EPSS 18%
Improper Access Control Vulnerability in Music Station
An improper access control vulnerability has been reported to affect earlier versions of Music Station. If exploited, this vulnerability allows attackers to compromise the security of the software by gaining privileges, reading sensitive information, executin…
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High 8.8
Cisco SD-WAN vManage Software Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
A vulnerability in the web-based messaging service interface of Cisco SD-WAN vManage Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to bypass authentication and authorization and modify the configuration of an affected system. To exploit this vuln…
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High 7.5
Avaya Meetings Server Information Disclosure vulnerability
A vulnerability was discovered in Management component of Avaya Equinox Conferencing that could potentially allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to gain access to screen sharing and whiteboard sessions. The affected versions of Management component of Av…
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High 7.4
Paragon Active Assurance: Authentication bypass vulnerability in Control Center
An authentication bypass vulnerability in the Juniper Networks Paragon Active Assurance Control Center may allow an attacker with specific information about the deployment to mimic an already registered Test Agent and access its configuration including associ…
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High 7.8
AGSService program mishandling symbolic links
Adobe Genuine Service version 6.6 (and earlier) is affected by an Improper Access control vulnerability when handling symbolic links. An unauthenticated attacker could exploit this to elevate privileges in the context of the current user.
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High 7.6
Improper Input Validation in sopel-plugins.channelmgnt
sopel-channelmgnt is a channelmgnt plugin for sopel. In versions prior to 2.0.1, on some IRC servers, restrictions around the removal of the bot using the kick/kickban command could be bypassed when kicking multiple users at once. We also believe it may have …
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High 8.1
Legacy Node API Allows Impersonation in github.com/spiffe/spire/pkg/server/endpoints/node
In SPIRE 0.8.1 through 0.8.4 and before versions 0.9.4, 0.10.2, 0.11.3 and 0.12.1, specially crafted requests to the FetchX509SVID RPC of SPIRE Server’s Legacy Node API can result in the possible issuance of an X.509 certificate with a URI SAN for a SPIFFE ID…
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High 7.4
Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches ACI Mode Fabric Infrastructure VLAN Unauthorized Access Vulnerability
A vulnerability in the fabric infrastructure VLAN connection establishment of Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Fabric Switches in Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) Mode could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to bypass security validations and connect…
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High 8.2
Acrobat Reader DC Improper Installer Access Control Vulnerability Could Lead To Privilege Escalation
Acrobat Reader DC versions versions 2020.013.20074 (and earlier), 2020.001.30018 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30188 (and earlier) are affected by an improper access control vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to elevate …
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High 7.3CVE-2020-2506 Exploited
improper access control vulnerability in Helpdesk
The vulnerability have been reported to affect earlier versions of QTS. If exploited, this improper access control vulnerability could allow attackers to compromise the security of the software by gaining privileges, or reading sensitive information. This iss…
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High 7.5
An issue was discovered on TK-Star Q90 Junior GPS horloge 3.1042.9.8656 devices. It performs actions based on certain S…
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High 7.5
Flaw in ActiveMQ Artemis OpenWire support
While investigating ARTEMIS-2964 it was found that the creation of advisory messages in the OpenWire protocol head of Apache ActiveMQ Artemis 2.15.0 bypassed policy based access control for the entire session. Production of advisory messages was not subject t…
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High 8.1
Improper access control in message routing in Odoo Community 12.0 and earlier and Odoo Enterprise 12.0 and earlier allo…
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High 7.8
Macrium Reflect includes an OpenSSL component that specifies an OPENSSLDIR variable as C:\openssl\. Macrium Reflect con…
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High 8.8
Moodle incorrect access control
A vulnerability was found in Moodle where users with "Log in as" capability in a course context (typically, course managers) may gain access to some site administration capabilities by "logging in as" a System manager. This affects 3.9 to 3.9.1, 3.8 to 3.8.4,…
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High 7.5
Improper Access Control in moodle
Users' enrollment capabilities were not being sufficiently checked in Moodle when they are restored into an existing course. This could lead to them unenrolling users without having permission to do so. Versions affected: 3.5 to 3.5.14, 3.7 to 3.7.8, 3.8 to 3…
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High 8.7
Cisco IoT Field Network Director SOAP API Authorization Bypass Vulnerability
A vulnerability in the SOAP API of Cisco IoT Field Network Director (FND) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to access and modify information on devices that belong to a different domain. The vulnerability is due to insufficient authorization in th…
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High 7.5
Improper Access Control in PrestaShop
In PrestaShop before version 1.7.6.9 an attacker is able to list all the orders placed on the website without being logged by abusing the function that allows a shopping cart to be recreated from an order already placed. The problem is fixed in 1.7.6.9.