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
1,892 results · Feed
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High 8.8
Slick Social Share Buttons <= 2.4.11 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Option Update
The Slick Social Share Buttons plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'dcssb_ajax_update' function in versions up to, and including, 2.4.11. This makes it possible for authenticated att…
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Medium 5.3
Manage Notification E-mails <= 1.8.5 - Missing Authorization
The Manage Notification E-mails plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.5 via the card_famne_export_settings function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to obtain plugin settings.
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Medium 5.5
A logic issue was addressed with improved checks. This issue is fixed in macOS Sonoma 14. An app may be able to access …
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High 8.8
The vulnerability allows an authenticated remote attacker to perform actions exceeding their authorized access via craf…
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Critical 9.1
Misskey vulnerable to improper authorization when accessing with third-party application
Misskey is an open source, decentralized social media platform. Third-party applications may be able to access some endpoints or Websocket APIs that are incorrectly specified as [kind](https://github.com/misskey-dev/misskey/blob/406b4bdbe79b5b0b68fcdcb3c4b6e4…
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Medium 4.3
In JetBrains YouTrack before 2023.3.22268 authorization check for inline comments inside thread replies was missed
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Medium 6.9
An improper authorization vulnerability [CWE-285] in Fortinet FortiADC version 7.4.0 and before 7.2.2 may allow a low p…
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High 7.6CVE-2023-6538 Public exploit
System Management Unit (SMU) versions prior to 14.8.7825.01, used to manage Hitachi Vantara NAS products is susceptible to unintended information disclosure via unprivileged access to SMU configuration backup data.
SMU versions prior to 14.8.7825.01 are susceptible to unintended information disclosure, through URL manipulation. Authenticated users in Storage, Server or combined Server+Storage administrative roles are able to access SMU configuration backup, that would n…
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High 7.6CVE-2023-5808 Public exploit
System Management Unit (SMU) versions prior to 14.8.7825.01, used to manage Hitachi Vantara NAS products are susceptible to unintended information disclosure via unprivileged access to HNAS configuration backup and diagnostic data.
SMU versions prior to 14.8.7825.01 are susceptible to unintended information disclosure, through URL manipulation. Authenticated users in a Storage administrative role are able to access HNAS configuration backup and diagnostic data, that would normally be ba…
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Medium 5.3
next-auth vulnerable to possible user mocking that bypasses basic authentication
NextAuth.js provides authentication for Next.js. `next-auth` applications prior to version 4.24.5 that rely on the default Middleware authorization are affected by a vulnerability. A bad actor could create an empty/mock user, by getting hold of a NextAuth.js-…
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High 7.5
XWiki exposed whole content of all documents of all wikis to anybody with view right on Solr suggest service
XWiki Platform is a generic wiki platform. Starting in version 6.3-milestone-2 and prior to versions 14.10.15, 15.5.1, and 15.6RC1, the Solr-based search suggestion provider that also duplicates as generic JavaScript API for search results in XWiki exposes th…
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Low 2.7
Gotham Video Broken Authentication
The Gotham video-application-server service contained a race condition which would cause it to not apply certain acls new videos if the source system had not yet initialized.
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Medium 6.7
Improper authorization in some Intel(R) QAT drivers for Windows - HW Version 2.0 before version 2.0.4 may allow an auth…
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Medium 6.7
Improper authorization in some Intel Battery Life Diagnostic Tool installation software before version 2.2.1 may allow …
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Medium 5.3
An improper authorization vulnerability [CWE-285] in FortiMail webmail version 7.2.0 through 7.2.2 and before 7.0.5 all…
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Medium 4.3
Apache Airflow missing fix for CVE-2023-40611 in 2.7.1 (DAG run broken access)
We failed to apply CVE-2023-40611 in 2.7.1 and this vulnerability was marked as fixed then. Apache Airflow, versions before 2.7.3, is affected by a vulnerability that allows authenticated and DAG-view authorized Users to modify some DAG run detail values whe…
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Medium 5.5
PrestaShop blockreassurance BO User can remove any file from server when adding a and deleting a block
PrestaShop blockreassurance adds an information block aimed at offering helpful information to reassure customers that the store is trustworthy. When adding a block in blockreassurance module, a BO user can modify the http request and give the path of any fil…
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Medium 4.0
Improper authorization in PushClientProvider of Samsung Push Service prior to version 3.4.10 allows attacker to access …
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High 7.1
Improper Authorization in HLOS
Cryptographic issue in HLOS during key management.
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High 8.2
Improper Authorization in teamamaze/amazefileutilities
Improper Authorization in GitHub repository teamamaze/amazefileutilities prior to 1.91.
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High 8.8
EisBaer Scada - CWE-285: Improper Authorization
EisBaer Scada - CWE-285: Improper Authorization
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High 8.8
Fancy Product Designer <= 4.6.9 - Insufficient Authorization to Arbitrary Options Update via fpd_update_options
The Fancy Product Designer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of site options due to a missing capability check on the fpd_update_options function in versions up to, and including, 4.6.9. This makes it possible for authenticated a…
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High 7.4
Brizy < 1.0.126 - Authorization Bypass to Settings Updates
The Brizy plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a incorrect capability check on the is_administrator() function in versions up to, and including, 1.0.125. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers to access and interact wi…
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Medium 6.3
Fancy Product Designer <= 4.6.9 - Insufficient Authorization on Mulitple AJAX Actions
The Fancy Product Designer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access to data and modification of plugin settings due to a missing capability check on multiple AJAX functions in versions up to, and including, 4.6.9. This makes it possible for a…
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Medium 6.5
React Developer Tools extension Improper Authorization vulnerability
The React Developer Tools extension registers a message listener with window.addEventListener('message', <listener>) in a content script that is accessible to any webpage that is active in the browser. Within the listener is code that requests a URL derived f…
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High 7.5
Full page cache enumeration via cookie X-Magento-Vary
Adobe Commerce versions 2.4.7-beta1 (and earlier), 2.4.6-p2 (and earlier), 2.4.5-p4 (and earlier) and 2.4.4-p5 (and earlier) are affected by an Improper Authorization vulnerability that could lead in a security feature bypass in a way that an attacker could a…
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High 7.4
An improper authorization vulnerability in Fortinet FortiOS 7.0.0 - 7.0.11 and 7.2.0 - 7.2.4 allows an attacker belongi…
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High 8.6
HelpDezk Community improper authorization
Improper authorization vulnerability in HelpDezk Community affecting version 1.1.10. This vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to access the platform without authentication and retrieve personal data via the jsonGrid parameter.
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High 8.0
A vulnerability in the Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) feature of Cisco IOS Software and Cisco IOS …
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Medium 6.1
Personalized service - Theft and (over-)write of arbitrary files with system privilege via PendingIntent hijacking
The vulnerability is the use of implicit PendingIntents without the PendingIntent.FLAG_IMMUTABLE set that leads to theft and/or (over-)write of arbitrary files with system privilege in the Personalized service ("com.lge.abba") app. The attacker's app, if it h…
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Medium 6.1
Bluetooth - Theft and (over-)write of arbitrary files with system privilege via PendingIntent hijacking
The vulnerability is the use of implicit PendingIntents with the PendingIntent.FLAG_MUTABLE set that leads to theft and/or (over-)write of arbitrary files with system privilege in the Bluetooth ("com.lge.bluetoothsetting") app. The attacker's app, if it had a…
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High 7.4
Apicast proxies the api call with incorrect jwt token to the api backend without proper authorization check
A flaw was found in APICast, when 3Scale's OIDC module does not properly evaluate the response to a mismatched token from a separate realm. This could allow a separate realm to be accessible to an attacker, permitting access to unauthorized information.
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Low 3.1
Improper validation of receipts allows forged read receipts in matrix synapse
Synapse is an open-source Matrix homeserver written and maintained by the Matrix.org Foundation. Users were able to forge read receipts for any event (if they knew the room ID and event ID). Note that the users were not able to view the events, but simply mar…
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High 8.8
Dell NetWorker, Version 19.7 has an improper authorization vulnerability in the NetWorker client. An unauthenticated at…
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High 8.6
Improper Authorization in Ormazabal products
Incorrect authorisation in ekorCCP and ekorRCI, which could allow a remote attacker to obtain resources with sensitive information for the organisation, without being authenticated within the web server.
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High 7.5
Network-observability-console-plugin-container: setting loki authtoken configuration to disable or host mode leads to authentication longer being enforced
A flaw was found in the Network Observability plugin for OpenShift console. Unless the Loki authToken configuration is set to FORWARD mode, authentication is no longer enforced, allowing any user who can connect to the OpenShift Console in an OpenShift cluste…
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High 7.5
Improper Authorization in WLAN Host
Transient DOS in WLAN Host when an invalid channel (like channel out of range) is received in STA during CSA IE.
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High 7.5
Improper Authorization in WLAN Host
Transient DOS in WLAN Host while doing channel switch announcement (CSA), when a mobile station receives invalid channel in CSA IE.
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High 7.5
Improper Authorization in WLAN Host
Transient DOS in WLAN Host when a mobile station receives invalid channel in CSA IE while doing channel switch announcement (CSA).
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Medium 6.5
Zulip vulnerable to insufficient authorization check for edition/deletion of messages and topics in private streams by former subscribers
Zulip is an open-source team collaboration tool with topic-based threading that combines email and chat. Users who used to be subscribed to a private stream and have been removed from it since retain the ability to edit messages/topics, move messages to other…