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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 5.3

    Basic Authentication can be bypassed using a malformed username

    In the SPNEGO HTTP Authentication Module for nginx (spnego-http-auth-nginx-module) before version 1.1.1 basic Authentication can be bypassed using a malformed username. This affects users of spnego-http-auth-nginx-module that have enabled basic authentication…

  • Medium 5.3

    Hijacking vulnerability in Samsung Email application version prior to SMR Feb-2021 Release 1 allows attackers to interc…

  • Medium 4.0

    Calling of non-existent provider in Samsung Members prior to version 2.4.81.13 (in Android O(8.1) and below) and 3.8.00…

  • Medium 4.0

    Calling of non-existent provider in SMP sdk prior to version 3.0.9 allows unauthorized actions including denial of serv…

  • Medium 4.0

    Calling of non-existent provider in S Assistant prior to version 6.5.01.22 allows unauthorized actions including denial…

  • Medium 6.1

    Improper session management for soft logout

    PrestaShop is a fully scalable open source e-commerce solution. In PrestaShop before version 1.7.2 the soft logout system is not complete and an attacker is able to foreign request and executes customer commands. The problem is fixed in 1.7.7.2

  • Medium 5.3

    Apache Airflow: Lineage API endpoint for Experimental API missed authentication check

    The lineage endpoint of the deprecated Experimental API was not protected by authentication in Airflow 2.0.0. This allowed unauthenticated users to hit that endpoint. This is low-severity issue as the attacker needs to be aware of certain parameters to pass t…

  • Medium 5.3

    "catalog's registry v2 api exposed on unauthenticated path in Harbor"

    In Harbor 2.0 before 2.0.5 and 2.1.x before 2.1.2 the catalog’s registry API is exposed on an unauthenticated path.

  • Medium 5.5

    Bot Framework SDK Information Disclosure Vulnerability

    Bot Framework SDK Information Disclosure Vulnerability

  • Medium 4.1

    Bypassing user account validation

    When OTRS uses multiple backends for user authentication (with LDAP), agents are able to login even if the account is set to invalid. This issue affects OTRS; 8.0.9 and prior versions.

  • Medium 6.6

    Silver Peak Unity OrchestratorTM authentication can be subverted through manipulation of HTTP headers.

    Silver Peak Unity Orchestrator versions prior to 8.9.11+, 8.10.11+, or 9.0.1+ uses HTTP headers to authenticate REST API calls from localhost. This makes it possible to log in to Orchestrator by introducing an HTTP HOST header set to 127.0.0.1 or localhost. O…

  • Medium 5.7

    Web Gateway (MWG) - Privilege Escalation vulnerability

    Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Web Gateway (MWG) prior to 9.2.1 allows authenticated user interface user to access protected dashboard data via improper access control in the user interface.

  • Medium 5.7

    Web Gateway (MWG) - Privilege Escalation vulnerability

    Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Web Gateway (MWG) prior to 9.2.1 allows authenticated user interface user to access protected configuration files via improper access control in the user interface.

  • Medium 4.6

    Web Gateway (MWG) - Privilege Escalation vulnerability

    Privilege Escalation vulnerability in McAfee Web Gateway (MWG) prior to 9.2.1 allows authenticated user interface user to delete or download protected files via improper access controls in the REST interface.

  • Medium 6.5

    Lack of URL normalization may lead to authorization bypass when URL access rules are used

    An issue was discovered in LemonLDAP::NG through 2.0.8, when NGINX is used. An attacker may bypass URL-based access control to protected Virtual Hosts by submitting a non-normalized URI. This also affects versions before 0.5.2 of the "Lemonldap::NG handler fo…

  • Medium 6.9

    Authentication Protection Bypass vulnerability in ENS for Windows

    Authentication Protection Bypass vulnerability in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 September 2020 Update allows physical local users to bypass the Windows lock screen via triggering certain detection events while the computer screen …

  • Medium 6.8

    Authentication Bypass in saml2-js

    Versions of `saml2-js` prior to 2.0.5 are vulnerable to an Authentication Bypass. The package fails to enforce the assertion conditions for encrypted assertions, which may allow an attacker to reuse encrypted assertion tokens indefinitely. ## Recommendation U…

  • Medium 5.1

    Cisco Connected Mobile Experiences Restricted Shell Escape Vulnerability

    A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco Connected Mobile Experiences (CMX) could allow an authenticated, local attacker with administrative credentials to bypass restrictions on the CLI. The vulnerability is due to insufficient security mechanisms in the restrict…

  • Medium 4.9

    Philips SureSigns VS4 Improper Authentication

    When an actor claims to have a given identity, Philips SureSigns VS4, A.07.107 and prior does not prove or insufficiently proves the claim is correct.

  • Medium 6.5

    Improper authentication in etcd

    In ectd before versions 3.4.10 and 3.3.23, gateway TLS authentication is only applied to endpoints detected in DNS SRV records. When starting a gateway, TLS authentication will only be attempted on endpoints identified in DNS SRV records for a given domain, w…

  • Medium 4.3

    Cisco Meetings App Missing TURN Server Credentials Expiration Vulnerability

    A vulnerability in the API subsystem of Cisco Meetings App could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to retain and reuse the Traversal Using Relay NAT (TURN) server credentials that are configured in an affected system. The vulnerability is due to insuf…

  • Medium 4.3

    It was found that nmcli, a command line interface to NetworkManager did not honour 802-1x.ca-path and 802-1x.phase2-ca-…

  • Medium 6.8

    Cisco IOS XE SD-WAN Software Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

    A vulnerability in Cisco IOS XE SD-WAN Software could allow an unauthenticated, physical attacker to bypass authentication and gain unrestricted access to the root shell of an affected device. The vulnerability exists because the affected software has insuffi…

  • Medium 6.4

    Unrestricted Policy Management using MfeUpgradeTool.exe

    Authentication bypass vulnerability in MfeUpgradeTool in McAfee Endpoint Security (ENS) for Windows prior to 10.7.0 April 2020 Update allows administrator users to access policy settings via running this tool.

  • Medium 4.8

    Moodle Oauth 2 Insufficiently Protects Against Compromise

    A vulnerability was found in Moodle versions 3.7 before 3.7.3, 3.6 before 3.6.7, 3.5 before 3.5.9 and earlier. OAuth 2 providers who do not verify users' email address changes require additional verification during sign-up to reduce the risk of account compro…

  • Medium 4.7

    python-apt downloads from untrusted sources

    Python-apt doesn't check if hashes are signed in `Version.fetch_binary()` and `Version.fetch_source()` of apt/package.py or in `_fetch_archives()` of apt/cache.py in version 1.9.3ubuntu2 and earlier. This allows downloads from unsigned repositories which shou…

  • Medium 5.9

    This vulnerability allows remote attackers to bypass authentication on affected installations of TP-Link Archer A7 Firm…

  • Medium 4.3

    Cisco ASA Secondary Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

    A vulnerability in the Cisco ASA that could allow a remote attacker to successfully authenticate using the Cisco AnyConnect VPN client if the Secondary Authentication type is LDAP and the password is left blank, providing the primary credentials are correct. …

  • Medium 6.5

    Session key exposure through session list in Django User Sessions

    In Django User Sessions (django-user-sessions) before 1.7.1, the views provided allow users to terminate specific sessions. The session key is used to identify sessions, and thus included in the rendered HTML. In itself this is not a problem. However if the w…

  • Medium 5.3

    A vulnerability has been identified in Control Center Server (CCS) (All versions < V1.5.0). The SFTP service (default p…

  • Medium 5.3

    Validation bypass is possible in Json Pattern Validator

    In jpv (aka Json Pattern Validator) before 2.1.1, compareCommon() can be bypassed because certain internal attributes can be overwritten via a conflicting name, as demonstrated by 'constructor': {'name':'Array'}. This affects validate(). Hence, a crafted payl…

  • Medium 6.4

    Ansible password prompts could expose passwords

    ansible before versions 2.8.6, 2.7.14, 2.6.20 is vulnerable to a None

  • Medium 5.3

    Cisco WebEx Centers Username Enumeration Information Disclosure Vulnerability

    A vulnerability in web interface of the Cisco Webex Event Center, Cisco Webex Meeting Center, Cisco Webex Support Center, and Cisco Webex Training Center could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to guess account usernames. The vulnerability is due to m…

  • Medium 4.8

    Medtronic Valleylab FT10 and LS10 Improper Authentication

    In Medtronic Valleylab FT10 Energy Platform (VLFT10GEN) version 2.1.0 and lower and version 2.0.3 and lower, and Valleylab LS10 Energy Platform (VLLS10GEN—not available in the United States) version 1.20.2 and lower, the RFID security mechanism used for authe…

  • Medium 6.5

    Magento Broken authentication and session managememt

    Insecure authentication and session management vulnerability exists in Magento 2.2 prior to 2.2.10, Magento 2.3 prior to 2.3.3 or 2.3.2-p1. An authenticated user can manipulate session validation setting for a storefront that leads to insecure authentication …

  • Medium 5.9
    CVE-2013-5123 Public exploit

    Improper Authentication in pip

    The mirroring support (-M, --use-mirrors) in Python Pip before 1.5 uses insecure DNS querying and authenticity checks which allows attackers to perform man-in-the-middle attacks.

  • Medium 6.5

    Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software Web-Based Management Interface Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

    A vulnerability in the web-based management interface of Cisco Enterprise NFV Infrastructure Software (NFVIS) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication and get limited access to the web-based management interface. The vulnerabil…

  • Medium 4.7

    Forced Logout in keycloak-connect

    It was found that Keycloak's Node.js adapter before version 4.8.3 did not properly verify the web token received from the server in its backchannel logout . An attacker with local access could use this to construct a malicious web token setting an NBF paramet…

  • Medium 5.9

    It was found that OpenShift Container Platform versions 3.6.x - 4.6.0 does not perform SSH Host Key checking when using…

  • Medium 5.3

    Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Software Session Hijacking Vulnerability

    A vulnerability in the session identification management functionality of the web-based interface of Cisco Wireless LAN Controller (WLC) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to hijack a valid user session on an affected system. The vulnera…