Weakness (CWE)
CWE-285: Improper Authorization
The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.
How to prevent it (5 mitigations)
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Architecture and Design
Divide the product into anonymous, normal, privileged, and administrative areas. Reduce the attack surface by carefully mapping roles with data and functionality. Use role-based access control (RBAC) to enforce the roles at the appropriate boundaries.
Note that this approach may not protect against horizontal authorization, i.e., it will not protect a user from attacking others with the same role.
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Architecture and Design
Ensure that you perform access control checks related to your business logic. These checks may be different than the access control checks that you apply to more generic resources such as files, connections, processes, memory, and database records. For example, a database may restrict access for medical records to a specific database user, but each record might only be intended to be accessible to the patient and the patient's doctor.
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Architecture and Design
Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
For example, consider using authorization frameworks such as the JAAS Authorization Framework [REF-233] and the OWASP ESAPI Access Control feature [REF-45].
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Architecture and Design
For web applications, make sure that the access control mechanism is enforced correctly at the server side on every page. Users should not be able to access any unauthorized functionality or information by simply requesting direct access to that page.
One way to do this is to ensure that all pages containing sensitive information are not cached, and that all such pages restrict access to requests that are accompanied by an active and authenticated session token associated with a user who has the required permissions to access that page.
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System Configuration, Installation
Use the access control capabilities of your operating system and server environment and define your access control lists accordingly. Use a "default deny" policy when defining these ACLs.
Source: MITRE CWE-285
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High 7.6
Improper Authorization in chatwoot/chatwoot
Improper Authorization in GitHub repository chatwoot/chatwoot prior to 2.8.
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High 8.8
Cisco ACI Multi-Site Orchestrator Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
A vulnerability in the API implementation of Cisco ACI Multi-Site Orchestrator (MSO) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to elevate privileges on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper authorization on specific APIs. An attacker c…
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High 7.5
Adobe Commerce Improper Authorization Privilege escalation
Adobe Commerce versions 2.4.3-p2 (and earlier), 2.3.7-p3 (and earlier) and 2.4.4 (and earlier) are affected by an Improper Authorization vulnerability that could result in Privilege escalation. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to access other use…
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High 7.8
NVIDIA vGPU software contains a vulnerability in the Virtual GPU Manager (vGPU plugin), where it allows the guest VM to…
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High 7.3
Improper Authorization in User Management to Vertical Privilege Escalation
Pandora FMS v7.0NG.760 and below allows an improper authorization in User Management where any authenticated user with access to the User Management module could create, modify or delete any user with full admin privilege. The impact could lead to a vertical …
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High 8.8
Escalate Privileges to Server Admin - Robohelp Server
RoboHelp Server earlier versions than RHS 11 Update 3 are affected by an Improper Authorization vulnerability which could lead to privilege escalation. An authenticated attacker could leverage this vulnerability to achieve full administrator privileges. Explo…
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High 7.5
Missing caller check in Smart Things prior to version 1.7.85.12 allows attacker to access senstive information remotely…
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High 7.3
SourceCodester Prison Management System New User Creation improper authorization
A vulnerability classified as critical was found in SourceCodester Prison Management System 1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /classes/Users.php?f=save of the component New User Creation. The manipulation leads to imp…
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High 7.1
A logic issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in iTunes 12.12.4 for Windows. An appli…
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High 7.1
HCL Sametime is vulnerable to an information disclosure
Users are able to read group conversations without actively taking part in them. Next to one to one conversations, users are able to start group conversations with multiple users. It was found possible to obtain the contents of these group conversations witho…
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High 7.2
Privilege escalation for users with create/update permissions in Global Roles
A Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in SUSE Rancher allows users with the restricted-admin role to escalate to full admin. This issue affects: SUSE Rancher Rancher versions prior to 2.5.13; Rancher versions prior to 2.6.4.
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High 8.8
Elcomplus SmartPtt Improper Authorization
Elcomplus SmartPTT is vulnerable when a low-authenticated user can access higher level administration authorization by issuing requests directly to the desired endpoints.
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High 8.1
SiteGround Security <= 1.2.5 - Authorization Weakness to Authentication Bypass
The SiteGround Security plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass that allows unauthenticated users to log in as administrative users due to missing identity verification on the 2FA back-up code implementation that logs users in upon success…
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High 8.2
Improper Authorization in cobbler/cobbler
Improper Authorization in GitHub repository cobbler/cobbler prior to 3.3.2.
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High 7.1
Improper Authorization in orchardcms/orchardcore
Improper Authorization in GitHub repository orchardcms/orchardcore prior to 1.3.0.
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High 7.1
Improper Authorization in librenms/librenms
Improper Authorization in Packagist librenms/librenms prior to 22.2.0.
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High 7.5
Improper authorization vulnerability in Galaxy Store prior to 4.5.36.5 allows remote app installation of the allowlist.
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High 8.6
Improper Authorization in openwhyd/openwhyd
openwhyd is vulnerable to Improper Authorization
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High 8.2
OptinMonster <= 2.6.4 Unprotected REST-API Endpoints
The OptinMonster WordPress plugin is vulnerable to sensitive information disclosure and unauthorized setting updates due to insufficient authorization validation via the logged_in_or_has_api_key function in the ~/OMAPI/RestApi.php file that can used to exploi…
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High 7.2
Junos OS: SRX Series: Under a specific device configuration an attacker can access the devices J-Web management services from any interface, regardless of security settings protecting the service
Due to a Missing Authorization weakness and Insufficient Granularity of Access Control in a specific device configuration, a vulnerability exists in Juniper Networks Junos OS on SRX Series whereby an attacker who attempts to access J-Web administrative interf…
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High 8.0
InHand Networks IR615 Router
InHand Networks IR615 Router's Versions 2.3.0.r4724 and 2.3.0.r4870 cloud portal allows for self-registration of the affected product without any requirements to create an account, which may allow an attacker to have full control over the product and execute …
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High 8.8
ShinHer Information Co., LTD. ShinHer StudyOnline System - Improper Authorization-1
The “Teacher Edit” function of ShinHer StudyOnline System does not perform authority control. After logging in with user’s privilege, remote attackers can access and edit other users’ credential and personal information by crafting URL parameters.
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High 8.8
Bypassing policy restrictions on regular users
Minio is a Kubernetes native application for cloud storage. All users on release `RELEASE.2021-10-10T16-53-30Z` are affected by a vulnerability that involves bypassing policy restrictions on regular users. Normally, checkKeyValid() should return owner true fo…
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High 8.8
AccessPress Themes - Authenticated Malicious File Upload
A WordPress plugin and several WordPress themes developed by AccessPress Themes are vulnerable to malicious file uploads via the plugin_offline_installer AJAX action due to a missing capability check in the plugin_offline_installer_callback function found in …
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High 7.5
Tad TadTools - Improper Authorization
TadTools special page is vulnerable to authorization bypass, thus remote attackers can use the specific parameter to delete arbitrary files in the system without logging in.
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High 7.1
Intent redirection vulnerability in SamsungAccountSDKSigninActivity of Galaxy Store prior to version 4.5.32.4 allows at…
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High 7.4
Account takeover when having only access to a user's short lived token in wire-server
Wire-server is the backing server for the open source wire secure messaging application. In affected versions it is possible to trigger email address change of a user with only the short-lived session token in the `Authorization` header. As the short-lived to…
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High 7.4
Account takeover when having only access to a user's short lived token
Wire is an open source secure messenger. In affected versions if the an attacker gets an old but valid access token they can take over an account by changing the email. This issue has been resolved in version 3.86 which uses a new endpoint which additionally …
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High 8.2
CEM Systems AC2000
A vulnerability in versions 10.1 through 10.5 of Johnson Controls CEM Systems AC2000 allows a remote attacker to access to the system without adequate authorization. This issue affects: Johnson Controls CEM Systems AC2000 10.1; 10.2; 10.3; 10.4; 10.5.
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High 8.8
Dell DBUtilDrv2.sys driver (versions 2.5 and 2.6) contains an insufficient access control vulnerability which may lead …
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High 7.3
Learningdigital.com, Inc. Orca HCM - Broken Authentication
The management page of the Orca HCM digital learning platform does not perform identity verification, which allows remote attackers to execute the management function without logging in, access members’ information, modify and delete the courses in system, th…
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High 8.8
Application specific tokens can change their own scope
Nextcloud Server is a Nextcloud package that handles data storage. Nextcloud Server supports application specific tokens for authentication purposes. These tokens are supposed to be granted to a specific applications (e.g. DAV sync clients), and can also be c…
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High 8.8
Cisco Business Process Automation Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities
Multiple vulnerabilities in the web-based management interface of Cisco Business Process Automation (BPA) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to elevate privileges to Administrator. These vulnerabilities are due to improper authorization enforcement…
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High 8.8
Cisco Business Process Automation Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities
Multiple vulnerabilities in the web-based management interface of Cisco Business Process Automation (BPA) could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to elevate privileges to Administrator. These vulnerabilities are due to improper authorization enforcement…
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High 8.8
Users registered with email verification can self re-activate their disabled accounts
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform offering runtime services for applications built on top of it. In versions prior to 11.10.13, 12.6.7, and 12.10.2, a user disabled on a wiki using email verification for registration canouldre-activate themself by usi…
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High 7.3
Junos OS: SNMP fails to properly perform authorization checks on incoming received SNMP requests.
An improper authorization vulnerability in the Simple Network Management Protocol daemon (snmpd) service of Juniper Networks Junos OS leads an unauthenticated attacker being able to perform SNMP read actions, an Exposure of System Data to an Unauthorized Cont…
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High 7.5
Reject unauthorized access with GitHub PATs
Vela is a Pipeline Automation (CI/CD) framework built on Linux container technology written in Golang. An authentication mechanism added in version 0.7.0 enables some malicious user to obtain secrets utilizing the injected credentials within the `~/.netrc` fi…
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High 8.6CVE-2021-25374 Public exploit
An improper authorization vulnerability in Samsung Members "samsungrewards" scheme for deeplink in versions 2.4.83.9 in…
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High 7.7
Bypassing readOnly policy by creating a temporary 'mc share upload' URL
MinIO is an open-source high performance object storage service and it is API compatible with Amazon S3 cloud storage service. In MinIO before version RELEASE.2021-03-04T00-53-13Z it is possible to bypass a readOnly policy by creating a temporary 'mc share up…
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High 8.1
Dell EMC Avamar Server, versions 19.3 and 19.4 contain an Improper Authorization vulnerability in the web UI. A remote …