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 8.8
IDonate 2.1.5 - 2.1.9 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Account Takeover/Privilege Escalation via idonate_donor_password Function
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High 8.1
Hono Improperly Authorizes JWT Audience Validation
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High 8.7
Redis Enterprise Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Redis Enterprise Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
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High 7.2
Casdoor is vulnerable to Improper Authorization
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High 7.3
Tutorials-Website Employee Management System HTTP Request all-applied-leave.php improper authorization
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High 7.6
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High 7.5CVE-2025-41249 Public exploit
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High 7.3
Shenzhen Sixun Business Management System OperatorStop improper authorization
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High 7.8
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High 7.5
LibreChat exposes arbitrary chats through Meilisearch engine
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High 7.5
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High 8.2
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High 7.7
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High 7.3
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High 8.3
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HAX CMS allows you to manage your microsite universe with PHP or NodeJs backends. In versions 11.0.13 and below of haxcms-nodejs and versions 11.0.8 and below of haxcms-php, API endpoints do not perform authorization checks when interacting with a resource. B…
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High 8.7CVE-2024-26291 Scanner template
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High 8.8
Arbitrary executable upload via authenticated endpoint
In Juju versions prior to 3.6.8 and 2.9.52, any authenticated controller user was allowed to upload arbitrary agent binaries to any model or to the controller itself, without verifying model membership or requiring explicit permissions. This enabled the distr…
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High 8.8
Microsoft SharePoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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High 7.7CVE-2025-6713 Public exploit
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High 8.8
Graylog vulnerable to privilege escalation through API tokens
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High 8.8
Claude Code IDE extensions allow websocket connections from arbitrary origins
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High 8.1
CVE-2025-22239 salt advisory
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High 8.7
Adobe Experience Manager | Improper Authorization (CWE-285)
Adobe Experience Manager versions 6.5.22 and earlier are affected by an Improper Authorization vulnerability that could result in Privilege escalation. A low privileged attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass security measures and gain unauthoriz…
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High 7.6
Kibana Improper Authorization
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High 8.2
Adobe Commerce | Improper Authorization (CWE-285)
Adobe Commerce versions 2.4.8, 2.4.7-p5, 2.4.6-p10, 2.4.5-p12, 2.4.4-p13 and earlier are affected by an Improper Authorization vulnerability that could result in a Security feature bypass. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass security measu…
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High 7.3
jack0240 魏 bskms 蓝天幼儿园管理系统 User Creation addUser improper authorization
A vulnerability was found in jack0240 魏 bskms 蓝天幼儿园管理系统 up to dffe6640b5b54d8e29da6f060e0493fea74b3fad. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /sa/addUser of the component User Creation Handler. The man…
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High 8.8
Offsprout Page Builder 2.2.1 - 2.15.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Privilege Escalation via permission_callback Function
The Offsprout Page Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to improper authorization placed on the permission_callback() function in versions 2.2.1 to 2.15.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-…
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High 8.8
WP-GeoMeta 0.3.4 - 0.3.5 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via wp_ajax_wpgm_start_geojson_import Function
The WP-GeoMeta plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to a missing capability check on the wp_ajax_wpgm_start_geojson_import() function in versions 0.3.4 to 0.3.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-lev…
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High 8.8
Frontend Dashboard 1.0 - 2.2.7 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via fed_admin_setting_form_function Function
The Frontend Dashboard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to a missing capability check on the fed_admin_setting_form_function() function in versions 1.0 to 2.2.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber…
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High 8.8
Frontend Dashboard 1.5.10 - 2.2.7 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Account Takeover/Privilege Escalation via ajax_request Function
The Frontend Dashboard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to a missing capability check on the ajax_request() function in versions 1.0 to 2.2.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and a…
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High 7.1
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High 8.2
PeproDev Ultimate Profile Solutions 1.9.1 - 7.5.2 - Missing Authorization to Limited Unauthenticated Arbitrary User Meta Update via handel_ajax_req Function
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High 7.3CVE-2025-4210 Scanner template
Casdoor SCIM User Creation Endpoint scim.go HandleScim authorization
A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Casdoor up to 1.811.0. This vulnerability affects the function HandleScim of the file controllers/scim.go of the component SCIM User Creation Endpoint. The manipulation leads to authorization bypass. The att…
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High 8.7
Azure Bot Framework SDK Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Improper authorization in Azure Bot Framework SDK allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
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High 7.5
NETSCOUT nGeniusONE before 6.4.0 b2350 has a Broken Authorization Schema for the report module.
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High 8.8
Microsoft SharePoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Improper authorization in Microsoft Office SharePoint allows an authorized attacker to execute code over a network.
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High 7.3
ageerle ruoyi-ai SysNoticeController.java improper authorization
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in ageerle ruoyi-ai up to 2.0.0. Affected is an unknown function of the file ruoyi-modules/ruoyi-system/src/main/java/org/ruoyi/system/controller/system/SysNoticeController.java. The manipulation leads to …
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High 7.3
ageerle ruoyi-ai API Interface SysModelController.java improper authorization
A vulnerability was found in ageerle ruoyi-ai up to 2.0.1 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file ruoyi-modules/ruoyi-system/src/main/java/org/ruoyi/system/controller/system/SysModelController.java of the c…
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High 8.1
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High 8.3
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