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 5.4
Editor can forge file-provisioning provenance on dashboards via the dashboard API
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Medium 4.7
gedelumbung HospitalManagement Configuration sistem.php simpan improper authorization
A vulnerability was detected in gedelumbung HospitalManagement up to c2d45543789a3887067d3915f69d44cfc2cf76a8. Impacted is the function sistem.php::simpan of the file application/modules/admin/controllers/sistem.php of the component Configuration Handler. The…
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Low 2.7
gedelumbung HospitalManagement laporan_data_pasien.php detail authorization
A weakness has been identified in gedelumbung HospitalManagement up to c2d45543789a3887067d3915f69d44cfc2cf76a8. This vulnerability affects the function detail of the file application/modules/admin/controllers/laporan_data_pasien.php. Executing a manipulation…
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High 7.2
Fireware OS Authorization Bypass in SAML Login Allows Unauthorized SSLVPN Access
An improper authorization vulnerability in WatchGuard Fireware OS's SAML login process allows a remote, authenticated SAML user with access only to the Access Portal to obtain unauthorized Mobile VPN with SSL access through a specially crafted request.
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Medium 5.3
Fireware OS Improper Authorization in Access Portal Reverse Proxy
An improper authorization vulnerability in Fireware OS's Access Portal reverse proxy allows an authenticated, low-privileged Access Portal user to access other web applications they are not authorized for by sending a specially crafted request for a different…
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Medium 4.3
Apache DolphinScheduler: Improper Authorization in Sub-Workflow Tasks Allows Unauthorized Workflow Execution
An improper authorization vulnerability exists in the handling of sub-workflow tasks. An authenticated user who does not have permission to access a target project can reference and invoke a workflow belonging to that project through a sub-workflow task. The …
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High 7.3
realjerrytang tacomall api-admin Backend ApiMaApplication.java OrgStaffServiceImpl.add improper authorization
A vulnerability was identified in realjerrytang tacomall 1.0.0. Impacted is the function OrgStaffServiceImpl.add of the file ApiMaApplication.java of the component api-admin Backend. The manipulation of the argument isAdmin/jobId leads to improper authorizati…
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Medium 5.4CVE-2026-102261 Public exploit
owen2345 Camaleon CMS Media Crop media_controller.rb crop authorization
A flaw has been found in owen2345 Camaleon CMS up to 2.9.2. Impacted is the function crop of the file app/controllers/camaleon_cms/admin/media_controller.rb of the component Media Crop Handler. This manipulation of the argument saved_avatar causes authorizati…
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Medium 4.3
Frappe HR Permission Validation __init__.py get_attendance_requests authorization
A flaw has been found in Frappe HR up to 16.15.0. This vulnerability affects the function get_expense_claims/get_shift_requests/get_attendance_requests of the file hrms/api/__init__.py of the component Permission Validation. This manipulation of the argument …
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Medium 5.5
fuzui StudentInfo Password Change Endpoint moditypasswordstu authorization
A security vulnerability has been detected in fuzui StudentInfo up to fcc42a639ec7cef620651bfd0f07ebb660529e3f. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file /StudentInfo/StudentHandler/moditypasswordstu of the component Password Change Endpoint. Su…
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High 7.3CVE-2026-100885 Public exploit
Krayin laravel-crm admin-config-setup API Endpoint CanInstall.php authorization
A vulnerability was found in Krayin laravel-crm up to 2.2.4. This affects an unknown function of the file packages/Webkul/Installer/src/Http/Middleware/CanInstall.php of the component admin-config-setup API Endpoint. The manipulation results in authorization …
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Medium 6.3
zhistaredu StarTraining authRole Endpoint SysUser.java SysUser.isAdmin authorization
A vulnerability was identified in zhistaredu StarTraining up to 3.8.1. Affected by this issue is the function SysUser.isAdmin of the file edu-common/src/main/java/com/edu/common/core/domain/entity/SysUser.java of the component authRole Endpoint. The manipulat…
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High 7.1
Contrast before 1.4.1 Coordinator Impersonation via Unauthenticated Recovery
Contrast is a confidential-computing runtime for Kubernetes. In versions before 1.4.1, a recovering Coordinator does not verify the seed supplied by the recovering party. An attacker can therefore stand up a rogue Coordinator whose manifest passes validation …
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Medium 5.3
GLPI: Unallowed modfication of knowbase items comments and translations
GLPI is a free asset and IT management software package. From 0.85 until 10.0.26 and 11.0.8, a low-privileged authenticated user can create, update, or delete knowledge base comments and translations without the required authorization for the affected content…
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Medium 5.9
GLPI: Unallowed authentication method update by administrator
GLPI is a free asset and IT management software package. From 0.84 until 10.0.26 and 11.0.8, an administrator holding the Update auth and sync or Update auth, sync and 2FA right can change the authentication method and disable two-factor authentication for us…
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Medium 6.3
RabbitMQ: AMQP 1.0 management `GET /bindings` exposes full binding topology to any authenticated AMQP user without resource/management permission checks
RabbitMQ is a messaging and streaming broker. From 4.0.0 until 4.3.3, 4.2.9, 4.1.14, and 4.0.23, AMQP 1.0 management GET /bindings exposes full binding topology to any authenticated AMQP user without resource/management permission checks. the AMQP 1.0 HTTP-ov…
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Medium 6.6
Keycloak-services: keycloak-services: fgap v2 composite-blind role mapping allows privilege escalation
A flaw was found in the Fine-Grained Admin Permissions (FGAP v2) feature of Keycloak, an identity and access management solution. The issue occurs when the system checks if a delegated administrator has permission to assign a specific role to a user. Because …
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Medium 5.3
Online Scheduling and Appointment Booking System <= 28.2 - Unauthenticated Authorization Bypass via PHP Type Juggling via 'verification_code' Parameter Type Juggling via json_data
The Online Scheduling and Appointment Booking System – Bookly plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authorization Bypass via PHP Type Juggling in all versions up to, and including, 28.2. This is due to the `postValidateCustomer()` function using a loose PHP i…
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Low 2.7
Sanluan PublicCMS exportExcel/exportData SysUserAdminController.java CmsContentAdminController authorization
A weakness has been identified in Sanluan PublicCMS up to 6.202506.e. This vulnerability affects the function CmsContentAdminController of the file publiccms-parent/publiccms-core/src/main/java/com/publiccms/controller/admin/sys/SysUserAdminController.java of…
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Medium 5.3
ningzichun student-management-system editLog.php authorization
A security vulnerability has been detected in ningzichun student-management-system up to 98760f5711cf6dc8b4adca53a9e207ca49b02ebf. This impacts an unknown function of the file user/editLog.php. Such manipulation of the argument sid/addtime/type/reason/detail/…
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High 7.3
ningzichun student-management-system getStudent.php authorization
A weakness has been identified in ningzichun student-management-system up to 98760f5711cf6dc8b4adca53a9e207ca49b02ebf. This affects an unknown function of the file admin/fun/getStudent.php. This manipulation of the argument sid causes authorization bypass. Th…
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Medium 6.3
chillzhuang SpringBlade user-auth-info Endpoint UserServiceImpl.java UserServiceImpl.userInfo authorization
A weakness has been identified in chillzhuang SpringBlade up to 5.0.2. This affects the function UserServiceImpl.userInfo of the file blade-service/blade-system/src/main/java/org/springblade/system/service/impl/UserServiceImpl.java of the component user-auth-…
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High 7.3
YunaiV/zhijiantianya ruoyi-vue-pro Demo-order Payment Callback PayDemoOrderController.java updateDemoOrderPaid improper authorization
A vulnerability was identified in YunaiV/zhijiantianya ruoyi-vue-pro up to 2026.08. Affected is the function updateDemoOrderPaid of the file yudao-module-pay/src/main/java/cn/iocoder/yudao/module/pay/controller/admin/demo/PayDemoOrderController.java of the co…
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Medium 4.3
Dozzle label filters do not restrict container event and statistics streams
Dozzle is a realtime log viewer for docker containers. Prior to 10.6.7, streamEvents in internal/web/events.go applies a restricted user's label filter to container lists but not to the container-stat and container-event channels returned by GET /api/events/s…
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Critical 9.3
ixo Blockchain x/bonds DID-resolved payer drain + x/entity ICA authorization bypass
The ixo Blockchain is a Layer 1 blockchain that runs on both Testnet and Mainnet. Prior to version 8.0.0, the x/bonds module moved funds from an address that was resolved from a DID verification method, without verifying that the resolved address belonged to …
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Medium 5.3
TaleLin lin-cms-spring-boot book Endpoint BookController.java searchBook improper authorization
A vulnerability was identified in TaleLin lin-cms-spring-boot up to 0.2.1. Affected by this vulnerability is the function searchBook of the file src/main/java/io/github/talelin/latticy/controller/v1/BookController.java of the component book Endpoint. The mani…
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Medium 5.3
TaleLin lin-cms-spring-boot book Endpoint BookController.java getBooks improper authorization
A vulnerability was determined in TaleLin lin-cms-spring-boot up to 0.2.1. Affected is the function getBooks of the file src/main/java/io/github/talelin/latticy/controller/v1/BookController.java of the component book Endpoint. Executing a manipulation can lea…
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Medium 5.3
TaleLin lin-cms-spring-boot book Endpoint BookController.java getBook improper authorization
A vulnerability was found in TaleLin lin-cms-spring-boot up to 0.2.1. This impacts the function getBook of the file src/main/java/io/github/talelin/latticy/controller/v1/BookController.java of the component book Endpoint. Performing a manipulation of the argu…
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High 7.3
kvcache-ai mooncake RPC Path UnmountSegment authorization
A vulnerability was determined in kvcache-ai mooncake up to 0.3.12/0.3.13.post1. This affects the function UnmountSegment of the component RPC Path Handler. This manipulation of the argument client_id/segment_id causes authorization bypass. Remote exploitatio…
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High 7.3
Neethuharii CafeManagement AddCashierCode.php addcashier improper authorization
A flaw has been found in Neethuharii CafeManagement. Affected by this vulnerability is the function addcashier of the file AddCashierCode.php. Executing a manipulation of the argument uname/pass/role/status can lead to improper authorization. The attack may b…
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Critical 9.9
DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data has several vulnerabilities
IBM DataStage on Cloud Pak for Data 5.4.0.0 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands due to improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS command.
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Medium 6.4
Nautobot: Authorization bypass in approval workflow REST API allows self-approval and unauthorized activation of scheduled jobs
Nautobot is a Network Source of Truth and Network Automation Platform. From 3.0.0 until 3.1.8, the generic ApprovalWorkflowStageResponse create endpoint does not enforce approver-group membership, change permission on the object under review, or the one-respo…
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High 7.1
Twenty: Field-level read bypass
Twenty is an open-source CRM (customer relationship management) platform. Prior to 2.22.0, field-level read permission is enforced on selected output fields but not on GraphQL or REST filter predicates. A workspace member or API key with permission to read an…
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Medium 5.3
MISP ACLComponent: Typo in previewEventAttributes ACL key bypasses intended access restriction
A typo in the MISP ACLComponent access control configuration caused the ACL rule for the previewEventAttributes action to reference the permission string 'theming_enabled*' (with a trailing asterisk) instead of the correct 'theming_enabled'. In the MISP ACL s…
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Medium 6.9
MISP: Disabled-user check ineffective in pre-authentication TOTP login branch
In MISP's UsersController login() method, the pre-authentication database query used for the TOTP (two-factor authentication) verification branch did not include the User.disabled column in its SELECT fields list. The query selected only User.password, User.t…
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Medium 5.3
MISP Collections: Missing Authorization Check for Sharing Group on PUT Request in collections/add
In MISP, the CollectionsController add() method enforced the sharing-group usability authorization check and element capture only when the HTTP request method was POST. However, the underlying CRUDComponent::add() method persists data on both POST and PUT req…
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Critical 9.8
Improper authorization in Qualcomm Software Center
Improper authorization leads to Remote Code Execution via SocketIO interface.
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Medium 6.5
MaxKB: Chat share-link endpoint missing owner check: a chat token can publish another user's conversation
MaxKB is an open-source AI assistant for enterprise. In 2.7.0 through 2.10.4-lts, POST /chat/api/{application_id}/chat/{chat_id}/share_chat verifies that a conversation exists but does not verify that it belongs to the authenticated chat_user_id or to the app…
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High 7.7
Warpgate: Missing Admin Authorization on Live Recording Stream WebSocket Allows Any Authenticated User to Eavesdrop on Terminal Sessions
Warpgate is an open source SSH, HTTPS and MySQL bastion host for Linux. Prior to 0.25.6, api_get_recording_stream in warpgate-admin/src/api/recordings_detail.rs protects /@warpgate/admin/api/recordings/{uuid}/stream only with session authentication and omits …
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Medium 6.9
MISP: HTTP Method Bypass of Login Security Controls (Bruteforce Protection and Email OTP)
The login() function in MISP's UsersController.php contained insufficient HTTP method validation for several security-critical code paths. The original code used an allowlist approach, checking only for specific HTTP methods (POST and PUT) before enforcing br…