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CWE-287: Improper Authentication

Class Draft Mapping discouraged

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

How to prevent it (1 mitigation)
  1. Architecture and Design

    Use an authentication framework or library such as the OWASP ESAPI Authentication feature.

Source: MITRE CWE-287

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  • Medium 5.1

    An issue in TAAGSOLUTIONS GmbH MyTaag v.2024-11-24 and before allows a physically proximate attacker to escalate privil…

  • Medium 5.1

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  • Medium 4.3

    QR code user confirmation bypass with invalid protocol

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  • Medium 5.4

    Improper Authentication in Modem

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  • Medium 5.9

    Asking For Scratch Username And Password

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  • Medium 4.6

    MinIO SFTP authentication bypass due to improperly trusted SSH key

    MinIO is a high performance object storage. Starting in RELEASE.2024-06-06T09-36-42Z and prior to RELEASE.2025-02-28T09-55-16Z, a bug in evaluating the trust of the SSH key used in an SFTP connection to MinIO allows authentication bypass and unauthorized data…

  • Medium 6.9
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    Navidrome has authentication bypass in Subsonic API with non-existent username

    Navidrome is an open source web-based music collection server and streamer. Starting in version 0.52.0 and prior to version 0.54.5, in certain Subsonic API endpoints, a flaw in the authentication check process allows an attacker to specify any arbitrary usern…

  • Medium 5.3

    Broken Authentication in Gliffy

    A flaw in Gliffy results in broken authentication through the reset functionality of the application.

  • Medium 4.0

    Improper Validation of Admin Key in PIV Smartcard

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  • Medium 6.8

    Windows Remote Desktop Configuration Service Tampering Vulnerability

    Windows Remote Desktop Configuration Service Tampering Vulnerability

  • Medium 5.8

    An improper authentication in Fortinet FortiClientMac 7.0.11 through 7.2.4 allows attacker to gain improper access to M…

  • Medium 5.4

    Improper password reset in PAM Module in Devolutions Server 2024.3.10.0 and earlier allows an authenticated user to reu…

  • Medium 5.3

    Apache Cassandra: unrestricted deserialization of JMX authentication credentials

    In Apache Cassandra it is possible for a local attacker without access to the Apache Cassandra process or configuration files to manipulate the RMI registry to perform a man-in-the-middle attack and capture user names and passwords used to access the JMX inte…

  • Medium 6.7

    LDAP Authentication Sever Pass-back attack

    If LDAP settings are accessed, authentication could be redirected to another server, potentially exposing credentials. This requires admin access and an active LDAP setup.

  • Medium 5.4

    Keycloak-ldap-federation: authentication bypass due to missing ldap bind after password reset in keycloak

    A flaw was found in Keycloak. When an Active Directory user resets their password, the system updates it without performing an LDAP bind to validate the new credentials against AD. This vulnerability allows users whose AD accounts are expired or disabled to r…

  • Medium 5.3

    Unauthenticated writes to the media repository allow planting of problematic content in Matrix Media Repo

    Matrix Media Repo (MMR) is a highly configurable multi-homeserver media repository for Matrix. MMR before version 1.3.5 allows, by design, unauthenticated remote participants to trigger a download and caching of remote media from a remote homeserver to the lo…

  • Medium 5.3

    HCL MyXalytics is affected by broken authentication

    HCL MyXalytics is affected by broken authentication. It allows attackers to compromise keys, passwords, and session tokens, potentially leading to identity theft and system control. This vulnerability arises from poor configuration, logic errors, or software …

  • Medium 6.6

    A user with administrator privileges is able to retrieve authentication tokens

    A user with administrator privileges is able to retrieve authentication tokens

  • Medium 5.4

    Login Disable - Critical - Access bypass - SA-CONTRIB-2024-073

    Improper Authentication vulnerability in Drupal Login Disable allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Login Disable: from 2.0.0 before 2.1.1.

  • Medium 4.3

    Instruction authentication bypass vulnerability in the Findnetwork module Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulne…

  • Medium 5.6

    Beijing Yunfan Internet Technology Yunfan Learning Examination System JWT Token SysUserControl improper authentication

    A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Beijing Yunfan Internet Technology Yunfan Learning Examination System 1.9.2. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file src/main/java/com/yf/exam/modules/sys/user/controller/SysUs…

  • Medium 6.9

    OpenTelemetry Logs source may lack authentication with some custom plugins

    OpenSearch Data Prepper is a component of the OpenSearch project that accepts, filters, transforms, enriches, and routes data at scale. A vulnerability exists in the OpenTelemetry Logs source in Data Prepper starting inversion 2.1.0 and prior to version 2.10.…

  • Medium 5.3
    CVE-2024-10511 Public exploit

    CWE-287: Improper Authentication vulnerability exists that could cause Denial of access to the web interface when someo…

  • Medium 5.3

    QTS, QuTS hero

    An improper authentication vulnerability has been reported to affect several QNAP operating system versions. If exploited, the vulnerability could allow remote attackers to compromise the security of the system. We have already fixed the vulnerability in the …

  • Medium 5.7

    Re-creating a deleted user in lakeFS will re-enable previous user credentials that existed prior to it's deletion

    lakeFS is an open-source tool that transforms object storage into a Git-like repository. Existing lakeFS users who have issued credentials to users who have been deleted are affected by this vulnerability. When creating a new user with the same username as a …

  • Medium 5.4

    Improper authentication in SQL data source MFA validation in Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager 2024.3.17 and earlier o…

  • Medium 6.7

    Improper access control mechanism in IPP

    IPP software prior to v1.71 is vulnerable to default credential vulnerability. This could lead attackers to identify and access vulnerable systems.

  • Medium 4.4

    Nextcloud Server is missing password confirmation when changing external storage options

    Nextcloud Server is a self hosted personal cloud system. After an attacker got access to the session of a user or administrator, the attacker would be able to create, change or delete external storages without having to confirm the password. It is recommended…

  • Medium 6.3

    Apereo CAS 2FA login improper authentication

    A vulnerability was found in Apereo CAS 6.6. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the file /login?service of the component 2FA. The manipulation leads to improper authentication. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. T…

  • Medium 5.3

    knightliao Disconf Configuration Center list improper authentication

    A vulnerability was found in knightliao Disconf 2.6.36. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the file /api/config/list of the component Configuration Center. The manipulation leads to improper authentication. It is possible to i…

  • Medium 6.9

    Lif Authentication Server Has No Auth Check When Updating Password In Account Recovery

    Lif Authentication Server is a server used by Lif to do various tasks regarding Lif accounts. This vulnerability has to do with the account recovery system where there does not appear to be a check to make sure the user has been sent the recovery email and en…

  • Medium 5.9

    Credential leak when credentials are used with `<nix/fetchurl.nix>`

    Nix is a package manager for Linux and other Unix systems. Starting in version 1.11 and prior to versions 2.18.8 and 2.24.8, `<nix/fetchurl.nix>` did not verify TLS certificates on HTTPS connections. This could lead to connection details such as full URLs or …

  • Medium 4.4

    Ory Kratos's `highest_available` setting does not properly respect code + mfa credentials

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  • Medium 5.3

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  • Medium 5.3

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  • Medium 5.0

    Eclipse EDC: Consumer pull transfer token validation checks not applied

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  • Medium 4.3
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    Music Station

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  • Medium 6.5

    PixelYourSite – Your smart PIXEL (TAG) & API Manager <= 9.7.1 and PixelYourSite PRO <= 10.4.2 - Unauthenticated Information Exposure and Log Deletion

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  • Medium 5.3

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  • Medium 4.3

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