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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Medium 4.3
SourceCodester CET Automated Grading System with AI Predictive Analytics POST index.php view_student authorization
A security vulnerability has been detected in SourceCodester CET Automated Grading System with AI Predictive Analytics 1.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /index.php?action=view_student of the component POST Handler. The manipulation of t…
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High 7.6
Craft CMS: Authorship spoofing in `entries/save-entry` via pre-check/post-mutation authorization gap
Craft CMS is a content management system (CMS). IN versions 5.0.0-RC1 and above prior to 5.9.21, theEntriesController::actionSaveEntry() performs entry-edit permission checks before request-controlled author changes are applied to the model, allowing for auth…
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Medium 6.3
n8n - SSO Enforcement Bypass via API
n8n before 2.8.0 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability allowing authenticated SSO users to disable SSO enforcement through the API. Attackers can create local password credentials to authenticate directly, bypassing organizational SSO policies and i…
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High 7.1
Capgo - Org/App Scope Mismatch in Device Creation Endpoint
Capgo before 12.128.2 contains an authorization flaw in POST /private/create_device that accepts a caller-supplied org_id parameter without validating it matches the target app's owner organization. Authenticated attackers can create device records for an app…
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High 7.6
Capgo - Unauthorized Channel Overwrite and Ownership Takeover via POST /channel Name Collision
Capgo before 12.128.2 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in the channel creation endpoint that allows authenticated users to overwrite existing channels by reusing their names. Attackers with app.create_channel permission can exploit a logic misma…
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Critical 9.1
Unauthenticated Cross-User MCP Resource Access and Tool Execution via Streamable Transport Authorization Bypass
IBM Langflow OSS 1.0.0 through 1.9.6 could allow unauthenticated attackers to access protected MCP project resources and execute MCP operations due to improper authorization enforcement in the Streamable MCP transport endpoint.
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Critical 9.1
@fastify/express vulnerable to middleware bypass via non-string mount paths in prefixed plugins
@fastify/express versions 4.0.6 and earlier only rewrite the plugin prefix for middleware mount paths when the path argument is a string. Non-string mount paths (arrays of paths and regular expressions) are left unprefixed inside prefixed plugin scopes, so mi…
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High 8.1
Apache ActiveMQ: Authenticated web users retain admin access by default in the Web Console
Improper Authorization vulnerability in Apache ActiveMQ. An authenticated low-privilege Web Console user by default can access /admin/* paths in the Web Console. The default Jetty settings incorrectly did not limit those paths to only admins. This issue affec…
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Medium 6.5
Apache Tomcat: Security constraints for default servlet ignored method
Improper Authorization vulnerability in Apache Tomcat leads to security constraints specified for the default servlet ignoring any method or method omission configured as part of the constraint. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.22…
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Medium 5.0
DeepMyst Mysti Contact Tracking ChannelBridge.ts _isTrackedConversation improper authorization
A weakness has been identified in DeepMyst Mysti 0.4.0. Affected is the function _isTrackedConversation of the file src/managers/ChannelBridge.ts of the component Contact Tracking. This manipulation of the argument _channelType causes improper authorization. …
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Medium 5.4
CodeAstro Complaint Management System Report Endpoint Report.php deletereport authorization
A security flaw has been discovered in CodeAstro Complaint Management System 1.0. The affected element is the function deletereport of the file application/controllers/Report.php of the component Report Endpoint. The manipulation results in authorization bypa…
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Medium 5.0
CherryHQ cherry-studio CherryIN Preload API MemoryService.ts sha256 authorization
A vulnerability was detected in CherryHQ cherry-studio up to 1.9.7. This affects the function sha256 of the file src/main/services/memory/MemoryService.ts of the component CherryIN Preload API. Performing a manipulation of the argument state results in author…
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Medium 5.6
CherryHQ cherry-studio MCP OAuth Local Callback Server callback.ts improper authorization
A security vulnerability has been detected in CherryHQ cherry-studio up to 1.9.6. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file src/main/services/mcp/oauth/callback.ts of the component MCP OAuth Local Callback Server. The manipulation of the argument co…
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Low 2.4
Chess Play and Learn App com.chess AndroidManifest.xml backup
A weakness has been identified in Chess Play and Learn App up to 4.9.42 on Android. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file AndroidManifest.xml of the component com.chess. This manipulation causes exposure of backup file to an unauthorized cont…
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Medium 6.3
Databend Tenant client_session_manager.rs state_key authorization
A vulnerability was identified in Databend up to 1.2.881 on HTTP. This affects the function ClientSessionManager::state_key of the file src/query/service/src/servers/http/v1/session/client_session_manager.rs of the component Tenant Handler. The manipulation l…
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Low 3.1
VoltAgent Memory REST API memory.handlers.ts handleGetMemoryConversation improper authorization
A vulnerability was determined in VoltAgent up to 2.1.17. Affected by this issue is the function handleGetMemoryConversation of the file packages/server-core/src/handlers/memory.handlers.ts of the component Memory REST API. Executing a manipulation of the arg…
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Medium 5.5
khoj-ai khoj Conversation Sharing api_chat.py authorization
A flaw has been found in khoj-ai khoj up to 2.0.0-beta.28. This impacts an unknown function of the file src/khoj/routers/api_chat.py of the component Conversation Sharing Handler. This manipulation of the argument conversation.agent causes incorrect authoriza…
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Low 3.7
glpi-project glpi Document document.send.php canViewFile authorization
A security vulnerability has been detected in glpi-project glpi 11.0.5/11.0.6/11.0.7. This affects the function Document::canViewFile of the file front/document.send.php of the component Document Handler. Such manipulation of the argument docid leads to autho…
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High 8.8
RDMA/core: Validate the passed in fops for ib_get_ucaps()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/core: Validate the passed in fops for ib_get_ucaps() Sashiko pointed out it is not safe to rely only on the devt because char/block alias so if the user finds a block device with the sam…
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Medium 6.7
Rocket.Chat: Livechat Visitor Profile Disclosure Leaks Bearer Token and Enables Visitor Impersonation
Rocket.Chat is an open-source, secure, fully customizable communications platform. Prior to 8.5.0, 8.4.2, 8.3.4, 8.2.4, 8.1.5, 8.0.6, 7.13.8, and 7.10.12, in the visitors.info endpoint, https://developer.rocket.chat/apidocs/get-visitor-information-by-id-1, to…
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Medium 4.3
Cap-go - Authorization Bypass in Organization Members Endpoint via API Key Scope Bypass
Cap-go before 12.128.2 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in the GET /organization/members endpoint that allows org-limited API keys to bypass limited_to_orgs restrictions. Attackers with org-limited API keys can read membership data including uid…
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High 7.6
Capgo - Broken Object Level Authorization in Build Job Control via jobId Parameter
Capgo before 12.128.2 contains a broken object level authorization (BOLA) vulnerability in the POST /build/start/:jobId and POST /build/cancel/:jobId endpoints. The handlers authorize the request based only on the attacker-controlled app_id supplied in the re…
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Medium 5.8CVE-2026-46552 Public exploit
NocoDB: Shared-base link access can invite arbitrary users as persistent base members
NocoDB is software for building databases as spreadsheets. Prior to 2026.04.1, shared-base sessions were granted the same base-member capabilities as authenticated viewers. Using only the shared-base UUID (xc-shared-base-id), an attacker could enumerate base …
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High 7.1
Open WebUI: Forged model meta.knowledge allows cross-user file read and deletion
Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. Prior to 0.9.6, Open WebUI lets a user who can create, update, or import workspace models store arbitrary meta.knowledge entries on their model without checking…
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Medium 5.3
Capgo - Unauthenticated Cross-Tenant Disclosure via get_current_plan_max_org RPC
Capgo before 12.128.2 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in the public.get_current_plan_max_org RPC function that allows unauthenticated attackers to retrieve arbitrary organization plan limits. Attackers can call the RPC endpoint with any organiz…
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Medium 4.3
BerriAI litellm Incomplete Fix CVE-2025-0628 internal_user_endpoints.py ui_view_users improper authorization
A security vulnerability has been detected in BerriAI litellm up to 1.82.2. Affected by this issue is the function ui_view_users of the file litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/internal_user_endpoints.py of the component Incomplete Fix CVE-2025-0628. Such mani…
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Medium 6.3
BerriAI litellm Completions banned_keywords.py async_pre_call_hook authorization
A security flaw has been discovered in BerriAI litellm up to 1.82.5. Affected is the function async_pre_call_hook of the file enterprise/enterprise_hooks/banned_keywords.py of the component Completions Interface. The manipulation of the argument prompt result…
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Medium 5.0
BerriAI litellm M2M JWT user_api_key_auth.py improper authorization
A vulnerability was identified in BerriAI litellm up to 1.82.2. This affects an unknown function of the file litellm/proxy/auth/user_api_key_auth.py of the component M2M JWT Handler. Such manipulation leads to improper authorization. The attack can be launche…
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Medium 5.4
BerriAI litellm Admin Key key_management_endpoints.py improper authorization
A vulnerability was determined in BerriAI litellm up to 1.63.1. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/key_management_endpoints.py of the component Admin Key Handler. This manipulation causes improper author…
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Medium 6.3
Capgo - Policy Enforcement Bypass in Webhook Management Endpoints via Non-Expiring API Keys
Capgo before 12.128.2 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in webhook management endpoints that allows non-expiring API keys to bypass the require_apikey_expiration organization policy. The checkWebhookPermission function fails to call apikeyHasOrgR…
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Medium 5.9
Liquidfiles versions before 4.2.12 are affected by a broken access control vulnerability resulting in privilege escalat…
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High 7.1
DevGuard has improper authorization on public assets
DevGuard provides vulnerability management for the full software supply chain. Prior to 1.4.2, on a DevGuard API instance with one or more public assets, any authenticated user — including users from a different organization with no membership or role in the …
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High 7.1
Subsonic API: any authenticated user can delete or read any other user's playlist (IDOR)
gonic is a music streaming server / free-software subsonic server API implementation. Prior to version 0.21.0, the Subsonic API endpoints `/rest/deletePlaylist.view` and `/rest/getPlaylist.view` perform no per-resource authorization. Once authenticated as any…
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High 7.8
RDMA: During rereg_mr ensure that REREG_ACCESS is compatible
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA: During rereg_mr ensure that REREG_ACCESS is compatible If IB_MR_REREG_ACCESS changes from RO to RW then the umem has to be re-evaluated to ensure it is properly pinned as RW. Since the …
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Medium 6.5
Steeltoe's sensitive actuators (heapdump/env) only require Restricted permission
Steeltoe is an open source project that provides a collection of libraries that helps users build cloud-native applications. In Steeltoe.Management.Endpoint prior to version 4.2.0 and Steeltoe.Management.EndpointCore prior to version 3.4.0, all Steeltoe actua…
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High 7.5
Cisco Identity Services Engine Information Disclosure Vulnerability
A vulnerability in Cisco ISE and ISE-PIC could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to view sensitive information on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper authorization checks when a resource is accessed. An attacker could exploit thi…
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Medium 5.3
OpenClaw < 2026.5.12 - Slack Reaction Event Notification Bypass
OpenClaw before 2026.5.12 contains a notification bypass vulnerability allowing Slack reaction events to enter the agent pipeline despite disabled reaction notifications. Attackers can trigger unintended agent processing by sending reaction events when the fe…
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Medium 4.3
hcengineering Huly Platform User Information operations.ts getAccountInfo improper authorization
A vulnerability was found in hcengineering Huly Platform up to 0.7.0. Affected by this vulnerability is the function getAccountInfo of the file server/account/src/operations.ts of the component User Information Handler. The manipulation results in improper au…
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High 7.3
ShopXO Scheduled Task Endpoint Crontab.php GoodsGiveIntegral authorization
A vulnerability was determined in ShopXO up to 6.7.1. This vulnerability affects the function OrderClose/OrderSuccess/PayLogOrderClose/GoodsGiveIntegral of the file app/api/controller/Crontab.php of the component Scheduled Task Endpoint. Executing a manipulat…
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Medium 5.3
Genspark AI Workspace App ai.mainfunc.genspark improper authorization in handler for custom url scheme
A vulnerability has been found in Genspark AI Workspace App 2.8.4 on Android. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component ai.mainfunc.genspark. The manipulation leads to improper authorization in handler for custom url scheme. The attack can only…