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CWE-288: Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel

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The product requires authentication, but the product has an alternate path or channel that does not require authentication.

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

    Funnel all access through a single choke point to simplify how users can access a resource. For every access, perform a check to determine if the user has permissions to access the resource.

Source: MITRE CWE-288

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  • Medium 5.3
    CVE-2021-43718 Public exploit

    An Authentication Bypass vulnerability exists in EPSON EH-TW5350 EPSON 150075647YWWV110, which could let a remote malic…

  • Medium 6.8

    Velociraptor VFSGetBuffer API path deny list bypass

    The Velociraptor gRPC API has a VFSGetBuffer endpoint which allows reading files from the datastore. To prevent users from reading sensitive files or accessing other orgs, the requested path is prefix checked against a list of denied prefixes. This prefix che…

  • Medium 6.5

    WordPress WP Event SOlution plugin <= 4.1.9 - Broken Authentication vulnerability

    Unauthenticated Broken Authentication in WP Event SOlution <= 4.1.9 versions.

  • Medium 6.5

    WordPress Gutena Forms – Contact Form, Survey Form, Feedback Form, Booking Form, and Custom Form Builder plugin <= 1.9.0 - Broken Authentication vulnerability

    Unauthenticated Broken Authentication in Gutena Forms – Contact Form, Survey Form, Feedback Form, Booking Form, and Custom Form Builder <= 1.9.0 versions.

  • Medium 6.5

    better-auth before 1.4.9 Two-Factor Authentication Bypass via session.cookieCache

    better-auth versions before 1.4.9 contain a two-factor authentication bypass vulnerability when session.cookieCache is enabled. Attackers with valid primary credentials can access authenticated routes without completing second-factor verification by exploitin…

  • Medium 6.5

    Dogtag-pki: pki-core: redhat-pki: pki: acme admin enable/disable endpoint authentication bypass via trailing slash

    A flaw was found in Dogtag PKI's ACME responder where the web.xml security constraints use exact URL pattern matching for admin-only enable/disable endpoints. By appending a trailing slash to the URL, an unauthenticated attacker can bypass the Tomcat authenti…

  • Medium 6.5

    WordPress Easy Digital Downloads plugin <= 3.6.7 - Broken Authentication vulnerability

    Unauthenticated Broken Authentication in Easy Digital Downloads <= 3.6.7 versions.

  • Medium 5.6

    Sipeed PicoClaw First Run Setup access_control.go authentication bypass

    A vulnerability was detected in Sipeed PicoClaw up to 0.2.9. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file web/backend/middleware/access_control.go of the component First Run Setup. Performing a manipulation of the argument allowed_cidrs results in …

  • Medium 5.4

    Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Tampering Vulnerability

    Authentication bypass using an alternate path or channel in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) allows an unauthorized attacker to perform tampering over a network.

  • Medium 6.5

    NVIDIA Triton Inference Server for Linux contains a vulnerability where an attacker can cause an authentication bypass …

  • Medium 6.5

    WordPress Abandoned Cart Recovery for WooCommerce plugin <= 1.1.12 - Broken Authentication vulnerability

    Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability in VillaTheme Abandoned Cart Recovery for WooCommerce woo-abandoned-cart-recovery allows Authentication Abuse.This issue affects Abandoned Cart Recovery for WooCommerce: from n/a through <…

  • Medium 6.8

    A protection mechanism failure in the Code 27 Companion Hub allows an attacker with physical access to completely bypas…

  • Medium 6.9

    Blocked users can create and edit WikiLambda objects

    Improper neutralization of input terminators vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - WikiLambda Extension allows Authentication Bypass. This issue affects Mediawiki - WikiLambda Extension: from * before 1.43.9,1.44.6,1.45.4.

  • Medium 5.3

    In Modem, there is a possible information disclosure due to improper input validation. This could lead to remote inform…

  • Medium 5.3

    In Modem, there is a possible system crash due to improper input validation. This could lead to remote denial of servic…

  • Medium 6.5

    WordPress MStore API plugin <= 4.18.4 - Broken Authentication vulnerability

    Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability in FluxBuilder MStore API allows Password Recovery Exploitation. This issue affects MStore API: from n/a through 4.18.4.

  • Medium 6.5

    WordPress WooCommerce Dropshipping plugin <= 5.2.4 - Broken Authentication vulnerability

    Unauthenticated Broken Authentication in WooCommerce Dropshipping <= 5.2.4 versions.

  • Medium 6.5

    WordPress WP Full Stripe Free plugin <= 8.4.1 - Broken Authentication vulnerability

    Subscriber Broken Authentication in WP Full Stripe Free <= 8.4.1 versions.

  • Medium 5.8

    WordPress Simple Cloudflare Turnstile plugin <= 1.38.0 - Broken Authentication vulnerability

    Unauthenticated Broken Authentication in Simple Cloudflare Turnstile <= 1.38.0 versions.

  • Medium 6.5

    WordPress WP SMS plugin <= 7.2.1 - Sensitive Data Exposure vulnerability

    Subscriber Sensitive Data Exposure in WP SMS <= 7.2.1 versions.

  • Medium 6.3

    Nuxt: Route middleware not enforced when rendering `.server.vue` pages via `/__nuxt_island/page_*`

    Nuxt is an open-source web development framework for Vue.js. In Nuxt versions 3.11.0 to before 3.21.6 and 4.0.0-alpha.1 to before 4.4.6 and @nuxt/nitro-server versions 3.20.0 to before 3.21.6 and 4.0.0-alpha.1 to before 4.4.6, when experimental.componentIslan…

  • Medium 6.8

    An issue in the U-Boot component of GNCC GP5 v7.1.76 allows physically-proximate attackers to bypass authentication and…

  • Medium 6.9

    Neotoma: Unauthenticated Inspector/API access via reverse-proxy loopback auth bypass

    Neotoma provides versioned records that persist across agent runs. From 0.6.0 to before 0.11.1, Neotoma can treat public reverse-proxied requests as local when the app receives them over a loopback socket and no Bearer token is present. In affected deployment…

  • Medium 5.3

    Authentication Bypass in Kidsview

    A user with physical access to a smartphone can bypass authentication mechanism of Kidsview mobile application and grant himself full access to the device owner's account by interacting with application's push notification. This issue was fixed in version 4.4…

  • Medium 6.5

    WordPress Stripe Payment Gateway for WooCommerce plugin <= 5.0.7 - Broken Authentication vulnerability

    Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability in ThemeHigh Stripe Payment Gateway for WooCommerce allows Password Recovery Exploitation. This issue affects Stripe Payment Gateway for WooCommerce: from n/a through 5.0.7.

  • Medium 6.5

    Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel in GitLab

    GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 18.9.1 before 18.9.7, 18.10 before 18.10.6, and 18.11 before 18.11.3 that could have allowed an authenticated user to access confidential issue content in public projects without prope…

  • Medium 6.1

    Fides: Privacy Request Identity Verification Bypass Vulnerability via Duplicate Detection

    Fides is an open-source privacy engineering platform. From 2.75.0 to before 2.83.2, Fides deployments that enable both subject identity verification and duplicate privacy request detection are affected by a vulnerability in which an administrator can approve …

  • Medium 6.5

    Windows TCP/IP Driver Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

    Authentication bypass using an alternate path or channel in Windows TCP/IP allows an authorized attacker to bypass a security feature over a network.

  • Medium 6.5

    Password Pusher: JSON API `/p.json` file upload alias bypasses file-push authentication

    Password Pusher is an open source application to communicate sensitive information over the web. Prior to versions 1.69.3 and 2.4.2, a security issue in OSS PasswordPusher allowed unauthenticated creation of file-type pushes through a generic JSON API create …

  • Medium 5.3

    OpenClaw < 2026.3.25 - DM Pairing Bypass via Legacy Card Callbacks

    OpenClaw before 2026.3.25 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in raw card send surface that allows unpaired recipients to mint legacy callback payloads. Attackers can send raw card commands to bypass DM pairing restrictions and reach callback hand…

  • Medium 5.3

    OpenClaw < 2026.3.25 - Telegram DM-Scoped Inline Button Callback Authorization Bypass

    OpenClaw before 2026.3.25 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in Telegram callback query handling that allows attackers to mutate session state without satisfying normal DM pairing requirements. Remote attackers can exploit weaker callback-only aut…

  • Medium 5.3

    OpenClaw < 2026.3.25 - Authorization Bypass in Microsoft Teams Feedback Invoke

    OpenClaw before 2026.3.25 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in Microsoft Teams feedback invokes that allows unauthorized senders to record session feedback. Attackers can bypass sender allowlist checks via feedback invoke endpoints to trigger una…

  • Medium 5.3

    OpenClaw < 2026.3.25 - Direct Message Policy Bypass via Verification Notices

    OpenClaw before 2026.3.25 contains an access control vulnerability where verification notices bypass DM policy checks and reply to unpaired peers. Attackers can send verification notices to users outside allowed direct message policies by exploiting insuffici…

  • Medium 4.3

    OpenClaw < 2026.3.25 - Authorization Bypass in Group Reactions via requireMention Bypass

    OpenClaw before 2026.3.25 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability where group reaction events bypass the requireMention access control mechanism. Attackers can trigger reactions in mention-gated groups to enqueue agent-visible system events that should…

  • Medium 5.1

    OpenClaw < 2026.3.23 - Authentication Bypass via Local-Direct Requests in Canvas Gateway

    OpenClaw before 2026.3.23 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the Canvas gateway where authorizeCanvasRequest() unconditionally allows local-direct requests without validating bearer tokens or canvas capabilities. Attackers can send unauthentic…

  • Medium 6.3

    badlogic pi-mono pi-mom Slack Bot slack.ts authentication bypass

    A vulnerability was detected in badlogic pi-mono up to 0.58.4. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file packages/mom/src/slack.ts of the component pi-mom Slack Bot. The manipulation results in authentication bypass using alternate channel. The a…

  • Medium 5.3

    Sulu checks fix permissions for subentities endpoints

    Sulu is an open-source PHP content management system based on the Symfony framework. From versions 1.0.0 to before 2.6.22, and 3.0.0 to before 3.0.5, a user which has permission for the Sulu Admin via at least one role could have access to the sub-entities of…

  • Medium 6.5

    OpenID Connect / OAuth client - Moderately critical - Access bypass - SA-CONTRIB-2026-026

    Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability in Drupal OpenID Connect / OAuth client allows Authentication Bypass.This issue affects OpenID Connect / OAuth client: from 0.0.0 before 1.5.0.

  • Medium 6.8

    Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel in GitLab

    GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 7.11 before 18.8.7, 18.9 before 18.9.3, and 18.10 before 18.10.1 that could have allowed an unauthenticated user to bypass WebAuthn two-factor authentication and gain unauthorized acce…

  • Medium 6.5

    CAPTCHA - Moderately critical - Access bypass - SA-CONTRIB-2026-015

    Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability in Drupal CAPTCHA allows Functionality Bypass.This issue affects CAPTCHA: from 0.0.0 before 1.17.0, from 2.0.0 before 2.0.10.