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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Critical 9.1
LibreChat MCP Stdio Remote Command Execution
LibreChat is a ChatGPT clone with additional features. Prior to v0.8.2-rc2, LibreChat's MCP stdio transport accepts arbitrary commands without validation, allowing any authenticated user to execute shell commands as root inside the container through a single …
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High 8.6
Label Studio vulnerable to full account takeover by chaining Stored XSS + IDOR in User Profile via custom_hotkeys field
Label Studio is a multi-type data labeling and annotation tool. In 1.22.0 and earlier, a persistent stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the custom_hotkeys functionality of the application. An authenticated attacker (or one who can trick …
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Medium 5.1
Lack of client authorization allows arbitrary users to influence the firewall configuration
A Improper Authorization vulnerability in Foomuuri llows arbitrary users to influence the firewall configuration.This issue affects Foomuuri: from ? before 0.31.
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Medium 5.7
RustFS has IAM Incorrect Authorization in ImportIam that Allows Privilege Escalation
RustFS is a distributed object storage system built in Rust. Prior to version 1.0.0-alpha.79, he `ImportIam` admin API validates permissions using `ExportIAMAction` instead of `ImportIAMAction`, allowing a principal with export-only IAM permissions to perform…
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Low 2.7
Rankology SEO and Analytics Tool <= 2.0 - Incorrect Authorization to Authenticated (Editor+) Header & Footer Code Creation
The Rankology SEO and Analytics Tool plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to an incorrect capability check on the 'rankology_code_block' page in all versions up to, and including, 2.0. This makes it possible for authenti…
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Medium 4.3
Quiz And Survey Master <= 10.3.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Quiz Results Deletion
The Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) – Easy Quiz and Survey Maker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized loss of data due to a missing capability check on the qsm_dashboard_delete_result function in all versions up to, and including, 10.3.1. This make…
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High 7.1
GraphQL IDOR allows authenticated user to delete workspace content of other users
OpenCTI is an open source platform for managing cyber threat intelligence knowledge and observables. Prior to version 6.8.1, the GraphQL mutation "WorkspacePopoverDeletionMutation" allows users to delete workspace-related objects such as dashboards and invest…
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Medium 6.3
yeqifu warehouse Request UserController.java saveUserRole improper authorization
A weakness has been identified in yeqifu warehouse up to aaf29962ba407d22d991781de28796ee7b4670e4. This affects the function saveUserRole of the file warehouse\src\main\java\com\yeqifu\sys\controller\UserController.java of the component Request Handler. This …
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Medium 4.3
code-projects Student File Management System File Download download.php improper authorization
A vulnerability has been found in code-projects Student File Management System 1.0. The affected element is an unknown function of the file /download.php of the component File Download Handler. The manipulation of the argument store_id leads to improper autho…
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Low 3.1
JeecgBoot getPositionUserList improper authorization
A weakness has been identified in JeecgBoot up to 3.9.0. Affected by this vulnerability is the function getPositionUserList of the file /sys/position/getPositionUserList. This manipulation of the argument positionId causes improper authorization. The attack m…
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Low 3.1
JeecgBoot queryDepartPermission improper authorization
A security flaw has been discovered in JeecgBoot up to 3.9.0. Affected is the function queryDepartPermission of the file /sys/permission/queryDepartPermission. The manipulation of the argument departId results in improper authorization. The attack can be laun…
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Low 3.1
JeecgBoot list getParameterMap improper authorization
A vulnerability was identified in JeecgBoot up to 3.9.0. This impacts the function getParameterMap of the file /sys/sysDepartPermission/list. The manipulation of the argument departId leads to improper authorization. The attack can be initiated remotely. The …
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Low 3.1
JeecgBoot datarule improper authorization
A vulnerability was determined in JeecgBoot up to 3.9.0. This affects an unknown function of the file /sys/sysDepartPermission/datarule/. Executing manipulation can lead to improper authorization. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The attack requi…
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Low 3.1
JeecgBoot datarule loadDatarule improper authorization
A vulnerability was found in JeecgBoot up to 3.9.0. The impacted element is the function loadDatarule of the file /sys/sysDepartRole/datarule/. Performing manipulation of the argument departId/roleId results in improper authorization. It is possible to initia…
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Low 3.1
JeecgBoot getDeptRoleList improper authorization
A flaw has been found in JeecgBoot up to 3.9.0. Impacted is the function getDeptRoleList of the file /sys/sysDepartRole/getDeptRoleList. This manipulation of the argument departId causes improper authorization. The attack is possible to be carried out remotel…
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Low 3.1
JeecgBoot list queryPageList improper authorization
A vulnerability was detected in JeecgBoot up to 3.9.0. This issue affects the function queryPageList of the file /sys/sysDepartRole/list. The manipulation of the argument deptId results in improper authorization. The attack can be executed remotely. A high co…
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Medium 4.3
macrozheng mall Member Endpoint update improper authorization
A security vulnerability has been detected in macrozheng mall up to 1.0.3. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /member/address/update/ of the component Member Endpoint. The manipulation leads to improper authorization. Remote exploitation of t…
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Medium 6.3
getmaxun Authentication Endpoint auth.ts router.get improper authorization
A weakness has been identified in getmaxun maxun up to 0.0.28. The affected element is the function router.get of the file server/src/routes/auth.ts of the component Authentication Endpoint. Executing manipulation can lead to improper authorization. The attac…
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Medium 4.3
youlaitech youlai-mall OrderController.java submitOrderPayment improper authorization
A security vulnerability has been detected in youlaitech youlai-mall 1.0.0/2.0.0. Affected is the function submitOrderPayment of the file mall-oms/oms-boot/src/main/java/com/youlai/mall/oms/controller/app/OrderController.java. Such manipulation of the argumen…
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Medium 4.3
youlaitech youlai-mall Balance MemberController.java deductBalance improper authorization
A security flaw has been discovered in youlaitech youlai-mall 1.0.0/2.0.0. This affects the function deductBalance of the file mall-ums/ums-boot/src/main/java/com/youlai/mall/ums/controller/app/MemberController.java of the component Balance Handler. The manip…
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Medium 5.9
FastAPI Users Vulnerable to 1-click Account Takeover in Apps Using FastAPI SSO
FastAPI Users allows users to quickly add a registration and authentication system to their FastAPI project. Prior to version 15.0.2, the OAuth login state tokens are completely stateless and carry no per-request entropy or any data that could link them to th…
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Medium 6.3
FastAPI SSP is vulnerable to Cross-site Request Forgery (CSRF) through improper OAuth parameter validation
Versions of the package fastapi-sso before 0.19.0 are vulnerable to Cross-site Request Forgery (CSRF) due to the improper validation of the OAuth state parameter during the authentication callback. While the get_login_url method allows for state generation, i…
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Critical 10.0
Microsoft Partner Center Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Improper authorization in Microsoft Partner Center allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
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Medium 5.4
Campcodes Advanced Voting Management System Password voters_edit.php improper authorization
A security flaw has been discovered in Campcodes Advanced Voting Management System 1.0. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file /admin/voters_edit.php of the component Password Handler. Performing a manipulation of the argument ID results in i…
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Medium 5.4
An authorization bypass vulnerability in FileMaker Server Admin Console allowed administrator roles with minimal privil…
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Critical 9.8
PimpMyLog 1.7.14 Improper Access Control via Account Creation Endpoint
PimpMyLog 1.7.14 contains an improper access control vulnerability that allows remote attackers to create admin accounts without authorization through the configuration endpoint. Attackers can exploit the unsanitized username field to inject malicious JavaScr…
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Medium 4.3
Weblate has Systematic User and Project Enumeration via Broken Authorization in REST API (IDOR)
Weblate is a web based localization tool. In versions prior to 5.15, it was possible to retrieve user notification settings or list all users via API. Version 5.15 fixes the issue.
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Medium 6.5
An issue was discovered in Wekan The Open Source kanban board system up to version 18.15, fixed in 18.16. Authorization…
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Medium 5.5
A logic issue was addressed with improved file handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Sequoia 15.7.3, macOS Sonoma 14.8…
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High —
Finality Provider vulnerable to anti-slashing bypassing due to misconfiguration
### Summary The anti-slashing is not effective if the attacker can access EOTS manager endpoints. ### Impact If the EOTS manager endpoints are open to public without HMAC protection, the attacker can manually cause slashing of the finality provider through th…
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Medium 6.7
A vulnerability has been identified in SINEC Security Monitor (All versions < V4.10.0). The affected application does n…
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Medium 6.5
SourceCodester Online Student Clearance System Fee Table delete-fee.php improper authorization
A vulnerability was determined in SourceCodester Online Student Clearance System 1.0. The affected element is an unknown function of the file /Admin/delete-fee.php of the component Fee Table Handler. Executing manipulation of the argument ID can lead to impro…
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Medium 5.3CVE-2025-12720 Public exploit
g-FFL Cockpit <= 1.7.1 - Improper Authorization to Unauthenticated Product Deletion
The g-FFL Cockpit plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to IP-based authorization that can be spoofed in the handle_enqueue_only() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.1. This makes it possible for unauthent…
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Medium 5.4
weDocs <= 2.1.14 - Missing Authorization to Settings Update
The weDocs plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.14. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action in the create_item_permissions_check function. T…
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Medium 6.3
Himool ERP AdminActionViewSet update_account improper authorization
A vulnerability was identified in Himool ERP up to 2.2. Affected by this issue is the function update_account of the file /api/admin/update_account/ of the component AdminActionViewSet. Such manipulation leads to improper authorization. The attack may be perf…
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Medium 6.3
ketr JEPaaS load improper authorization
A vulnerability was determined in ketr JEPaaS up to 7.2.8. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /je/load. This manipulation of the argument Authorization causes improper authorization. The attack is possible to be carried out…
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Medium 5.4
macrozheng mall-swarm delete improper authorization
A security vulnerability has been detected in macrozheng mall-swarm up to 1.0.3. Affected is the function delete of the file /member/readHistory/delete. Such manipulation of the argument ids leads to improper authorization. The attack can be executed remotely…
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Medium 5.0
Improper Authorization Check for SSH Certificate Revocation
Step CA is an online certificate authority for secure, automated certificate management for DevOps. Prior to 0.29.0, there is an improper authorization check for SSH certificate revocation. This affects deployments configured with the SSHPOP provisioner. This…
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Critical 9.8
In Terminalfour 8 through 8.4.1.1, the userLevel parameter in the user management function is not subject to proper ser…
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High 8.6CVE-2025-66301 Public exploit
Grav ihas Broken Access Control which allows an Editor to modify the page's YAML Frontmatter to alter form processing actions
Grav is a file-based Web platform. Prior to 1.8.0-beta.27, due to improper authorization checks when modifying critical fields on a POST request to /admin/pages/{page_name}, an editor with only permissions to change basic content on the form is now able to ch…