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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

3,177 results · Feed

  • Unscored —

    A missing check in the Nextcloud Server prior to version 15.0.1 causes leaking of calendar event names when adding or m…

  • Critical 9.8

    Rancher Recreates Default User With Known Password Despite Deletion

    An issue was discovered that affects the following versions of Rancher: v2.0.0 through v2.0.13, v2.1.0 through v2.1.8, and v2.2.0 through 2.2.1. When Rancher starts for the first time, it creates a default admin user with a well-known password. After initial …

  • Critical 9.1

    Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director REST API Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

    A vulnerability in the REST API interface of Cisco Vision Dynamic Signage Director could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication on an affected system. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of HTTP requests. An attacke…

  • Unscored —

    In GE Aestiva and Aespire versions 7100 and 7900, a vulnerability exists where serial devices are connected via an adde…

  • High 7.3

    PlaintextPasswordEncoder authenticates encoded passwords that are null

    Spring Security, versions 4.2.x up to 4.2.12, and older unsupported versions support plain text passwords using PlaintextPasswordEncoder. If an application using an affected version of Spring Security is leveraging PlaintextPasswordEncoder and a user has a nu…

  • 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…

  • High 7.5

    Improper Key Verification in ipns

    Versions 0.1.1 or 0.1.2 of `ipns` are vulnerable to improper key validation. This is due to the public key verification was not being performed properly, resulting in any key being valid. ## Recommendation Update to version 0.1.3 or later.

  • Critical 9.8

    Improper Authentication in Buildbot

    Buildbot before 1.8.2 and 2.x before 2.3.1 accepts a user-submitted authorization token from OAuth and uses it to authenticate a user. If an attacker has a token allowing them to read the user details of a victim, they can login as the victim.

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2019-6814 Public exploit EPSS 37%

    A CWE-287: Improper Authentication vulnerability exists in the NET55XX Encoder with firmware prior to version 2.1.9.7 w…

  • High 7.5

    Improper authentication in Symfony

    In Symfony before 2.7.51, 2.8.x before 2.8.50, 3.x before 3.4.26, 4.x before 4.1.12, and 4.2.x before 4.2.7, a vulnerability would allow an attacker to authenticate as a privileged user on sites with user registration and remember me login functionality enabl…

  • Critical 10.0
    CVE-2019-1867 EPSS 30%

    Cisco Elastic Services Controller REST API Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

    A vulnerability in the REST API of Cisco Elastic Services Controller (ESC) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication on the REST API. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of API requests. An attacker could exploit thi…

  • High 8.8

    Cisco Small Business RV320 and RV325 Routers Session Hijacking Vulnerability

    A vulnerability in the session management functionality of the web-based interface for Cisco Small Business RV320 and RV325 Dual Gigabit WAN VPN Routers could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to hijack a valid user session on an affected system. An a…

  • Critical 9.8

    Gitea Allows 1FA Even for 2FA-Enrolled Accounts

    Gitea before 1.8.0 allows 1FA for user accounts that have completed 2FA enrollment. If a user's credentials are known, then an attacker could send them to the API without requiring the 2FA one-time password.

  • High 8.8

    Improper Authentication in Apache Zeppelin

    In Apache Zeppelin prior to 0.8.0 the cron scheduler was enabled by default and could allow users to run paragraphs as other users without authentication.

  • High 8.8

    A flaw was found in the way pacemaker's client-server authentication was implemented in versions up to and including 2.…

  • 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…

  • Critical 9.8

    Contao Does Not Expire Tokens Correctly

    Contao 4.7 allows Use of a Key Past its Expiration Date.

  • High 7.7

    Multiple SAML libraries may allow authentication bypass via incorrect XML canonicalization and DOM traversal

    Duo Network Gateway 1.2.9 and earlier may incorrectly utilize the results of XML DOM traversal and canonicalization APIs in such a way that an attacker may be able to manipulate the SAML data without invalidating the cryptographic signature, allowing the atta…

  • High 7.7

    Multiple SAML libraries may allow authentication bypass via incorrect XML canonicalization and DOM traversal

    OmniAuth OmnitAuth-SAML 1.9.0 and earlier may incorrectly utilize the results of XML DOM traversal and canonicalization APIs in such a way that an attacker may be able to manipulate the SAML data without invalidating the cryptographic signature, allowing the …

  • High 7.7

    Multiple SAML libraries may allow authentication bypass via incorrect XML canonicalization and DOM traversal

    Clever saml2-js 2.0 and earlier may incorrectly utilize the results of XML DOM traversal and canonicalization APIs in such a way that an attacker may be able to manipulate the SAML data without invalidating the cryptographic signature, allowing the attack to …

  • High 7.7

    Multiple SAML libraries may allow authentication bypass via incorrect XML canonicalization and DOM traversal

    OneLogin Ruby-SAML 1.6.0 and earlier may incorrectly utilize the results of XML DOM traversal and canonicalization APIs in such a way that an attacker may be able to manipulate the SAML data without invalidating the cryptographic signature, allowing the attac…

  • High 7.7
    CVE-2017-11427 Public exploit

    Multiple SAML libraries may allow authentication bypass via incorrect XML canonicalization and DOM traversal

    OneLogin PythonSAML 2.3.0 and earlier may incorrectly utilize the results of XML DOM traversal and canonicalization APIs in such a way that an attacker may be able to manipulate the SAML data without invalidating the cryptographic signature, allowing the atta…

  • Medium 6.0

    Escalation of Privileges in Cloud Controller

    Cloud Foundry Cloud Controller API Release, versions prior to 1.79.0, contains improper authentication when validating user permissions. A remote authenticated malicious user with the ability to create UAA clients and knowledge of the email of a victim in the…

  • Unscored —

    In Ubiquiti Networks EdgeSwitch X v1.1.0 and prior, an unauthenticated user can use the "local port forwarding" and "dy…

  • Critical 9.8

    ThinkAdmin Administrator cookies still working after password change

    application\admin\controller\User.php in ThinkAdmin V4.0 does not prevent continued use of an administrator's cookie-based credentials after a password change.

  • Unscored —

    Detcon Sitewatch Gateway, all versions without cellular, Passwords are presented in plaintext in a file that is accessi…

  • Medium 4.7

    Cisco IOS Software Catalyst 6500 Series 802.1x Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

    A vulnerability in 802.1x function of Cisco IOS Software on the Catalyst 6500 Series Switches could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to access the network prior to authentication. The vulnerability is due to how the 802.1x packets are handled in th…

  • High 8.2

    Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Software Unauthenticated Access Vulnerability

    A vulnerability in the Quality of Voice Reporting (QOVR) service of Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance (PCA) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to access the system as a valid user. The vulnerability is due to insufficient authenticatio…

  • Unscored —

    PR100088 Modbus gateway versions prior to Release R02 (or Software Version 1.1.13166) may allow an attacker to be able …

  • Medium 6.3

    A vulnerability was discovered in gdm before 3.31.4. When timed login is enabled in configuration, an attacker could by…

  • Unscored —

    The product CMS-770 (Software Versions 1.7.1 and prior)is vulnerable that an attacker can read sensitive configuration …

  • Unscored —

    The product M2M ETHERNET (FW Versions 2.22 and prior, ETH-FW Versions 1.01 and prior) is vulnerable in that an attacker…

  • Medium 6.8

    go.etcd.io/etcd Authentication Bypass

    etcd versions 3.2.x before 3.2.26 and 3.3.x before 3.3.11 are vulnerable to an improper authentication issue when role-based access control (RBAC) is used and client-cert-auth is enabled. If an etcd client server TLS certificate contains a Common Name (CN) wh…

  • High 7.8
    CVE-2019-0543 Exploited · Ransomware Public exploit

    An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles authentication requests, aka "Microsoft …

    KEV Mar 15, 2022
  • Medium 6.6

    A local, authenticated attacker can bypass the passcode in the VideoLAN VLC media player app before 3.1.5 for iOS by op…

  • Unscored —

    The XMPP server in Logitech Harmony Hub before version 4.15.206 is vulnerable to authentication bypass via a crafted XM…

  • Unscored —
  • Medium 6.1

    Improper Authentication in Keycloak

    The SAML broker consumer endpoint in Keycloak before version 4.6.0.Final ignores expiration conditions on SAML assertions. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to perform a replay attack.

  • High 7.5
    CVE-2018-19458 Public exploit Scanner template EPSS 33%

    Unauthenticated File Read in PHP Proxy

    In PHP Proxy 3.0.3, any user can read files from the server without authentication due to an index.php?q=file:/// LFI URI, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-19246.