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

Base Incomplete

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

776 results · Feed

  • Critical 9.8

    Golo <= 1.7.0 - Authentication Bypass to Account Takeover

    The Golo - City Travel Guide WordPress Theme theme for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.0. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to setting an au…

  • High 8.8

    Browse As <= 0.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Authentication Bypass via Cookie

    The Browse As plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 0.2. This is due to incorrect authentication checking in the 'IS_BA_Browse_As::notice' function with the 'is_ba_original_user_COOKIEHASH' cookie value.…

  • High 7.2

    Account pre-hijacking through invite misuse

    In Teltonika Networks Remote Management System (RMS), it is possible to perform account pre-hijacking by misusing the invite functionality. If a victim has a pending invite and registers to the platform directly, they are added to the attackers company withou…

  • Medium 4.3

    The admin panel in the TeleMessage service through 2025-05-05 allows attackers to discover usernames, e-mail addresses,…

  • High 8.8

    WordPress Subaccounts for WooCommerce plugin <= 1.6.6 - Account Takeover vulnerability

    Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability in mediaticus Subaccounts for WooCommerce subaccounts-for-woocommerce allows Authentication Abuse.This issue affects Subaccounts for WooCommerce: from n/a through <= 1.6.6.

  • Critical 9.2
    CVE-2025-34026 Exploited Scanner template EPSS 82%

    Versa Concerto Actuator Authentication Bypass Information Leak

    The Versa Concerto SD-WAN orchestration platform is vulnerable to an authentication bypass in the Traefik reverse proxy configuration, allowing at attacker to access administrative endpoints. The internal Actuator endpoint can be leveraged for access to heap …

    KEV Jan 22, 2026
  • Critical 9.8

    Vertiv Liebert RDU101 and UNITY Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel

    Affected Vertiv products do not properly protect webserver functions that could allow an attacker to bypass authentication.

  • Medium 4.8

    One Time Password - Moderately critical - Access bypass - SA-CONTRIB-2025-062

    Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability in Drupal One Time Password allows Functionality Bypass.This issue affects One Time Password: from 0.0.0 before 1.3.0.

  • Medium 4.8

    One Time Password - Moderately critical - Access bypass - SA-CONTRIB-2025-061

    Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability in Drupal One Time Password allows Functionality Bypass.This issue affects One Time Password: from 0.0.0 before 1.3.0.

  • High 7.2

    TYPO3 Has Broken Authentication in Backend MFA

    TYPO3 is an open source, PHP based web content management system. In versions on the 12.x branch prior to 12.4.31 LTS and the 13.x branch prior to 13.4.2 LTS, the multifactor authentication (MFA) dialog presented during backend login can be bypassed due to in…

  • Medium 5.3
    CVE-2024-33939 Scanner template

    WordPress LMS by Masteriyo plugin <= 1.7.3 - Broken Authentication vulnerability

    Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability in masteriyo Masteriyo - LMS learning-management-system.This issue affects Masteriyo - LMS: from n/a through <= 1.7.3.

  • High 7.4

    Enterprise MFA - TFA for Drupal - Critical - Access bypass - SA-CONTRIB-2025-056

    Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability in Drupal Enterprise MFA - TFA for Drupal allows Authentication Bypass.This issue affects Enterprise MFA - TFA for Drupal: from 0.0.0 before 4.7.0, from 5.0.0 before 5.2.0.

  • High 7.5

    Enterprise MFA - TFA for Drupal - Moderately critical - Access bypass - SA-CONTRIB-2025-053

    Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability in Drupal Enterprise MFA - TFA for Drupal allows Authentication Bypass.This issue affects Enterprise MFA - TFA for Drupal: from 0.0.0 before 4.7.0, from 5.0.0 before 5.2.0.

  • Medium 6.5

    Tracking Links in Attachments Bypassed Remote Content Blocking

    It was possible to craft an email that showed a tracking link as an attachment. If the user attempted to open the attachment, Thunderbird automatically accessed the link. The configuration to block remote content did not prevent that. Thunderbird has been fix…

  • Medium 5.3
    CVE-2025-4427 Exploited Public exploit Scanner template EPSS 100%

    Authentication Bypass

    An authentication bypass in the API component of Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile 12.5.0.0 and prior allows attackers to access protected resources without proper credentials via the API.

    KEV May 19, 2025
  • Critical 9.8

    An authentication bypass in Ivanti Neurons for ITSM (on-prem only) before 2023.4, 2024.2 and 2024.3 with the May 2025 S…

  • High 7.1

    A vulnerability has been identified in SCALANCE LPE9403 (6GK5998-3GS00-2AC2) (All versions < V2.1 HF0 with SINEMA Remot…

  • Medium 6.8

    Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel in GitLab

    An issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 17.3 prior to 17.9.8, from 17.10 prior to 17.10.6, and from 17.11 prior to 17.11.2. A security vulnerability allows attackers to bypass Device OAuth flow protections, enabling a…

  • Critical 9.8

    PeproDev Ultimate Profile Solutions 1.9.1 - 7.5.2 - Authentication Bypass to Account Takeover

    The PeproDev Ultimate Profile Solutions plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass in versions 1.9.1 to 7.5.2. This is due to handel_ajax_req() function not having proper restrictions on the change_user_meta functionality that makes it possib…

  • Critical 9.1

    Io.quarkus:quarkus-security-webauthn: quarkus webauthn unexpected authentication bypass

    A vulnerability was found in Quarkus in the quarkus-security-webauthn module. The Quarkus WebAuthn module publishes default REST endpoints for registering and logging users in while allowing developers to provide custom REST endpoints. When developers provide…

  • Critical 9.8

    BuddyBoss Platform Pro <= 2.7.01 - Authentication Bypass via Apple OAuth provider

    The BuddyBoss Platform Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 2.7.01. This is due to insufficient verification on the user being supplied during the Apple OAuth authenticate request through the plugin…

  • Critical 9.8

    An issue in the component /manage/ of itranswarp v2.19 allows attackers to bypass authentication via a crafted request.

  • High 7.3

    Inedo ProGet through 2024.22 allows remote attackers to reach restricted functionality through the C# reflection layer,…

  • Medium —

    @account-kit/smart-contracts Allowlist Module Bypass Vulnerability

    ### Summary Allowlist module contains a bypass vulnerability ### Details The logic for using an allowlist on a Modular Account V2 contained a bug that allowed session keys to bypass any allowlist configuration ### Action If you are using @aa-sdk and/or @accou…

  • High 7.7

    An authentication issue was addressed with improved state management. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4, …

  • Critical 9.2
    CVE-2025-2492 Public exploit

    An improper authentication control vulnerability exists in AiCloud. This vulnerability can be triggered by a crafted re…

  • Low 2.5

    HCL MyXalytics is affected by a failure to restrict URL access vulnerability

    HCL MyXalytics is affected by a failure to restrict URL access vulnerability. Unauthenticated users might gain unauthorized access to potentially confidential information, creating a risk of misuse, manipulation, or unauthorized distribution.

  • High 7.2

    WordPress Vitepos plugin <= 3.1.7 - Broken Authentication Vulnerability

    Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability in appsbd Vitepos vitepos-lite allows Authentication Abuse.This issue affects Vitepos: from n/a through <= 3.1.7.

  • Medium 4.3

    In Zammad 6.4.x before 6.4.2, an authenticated agent with knowledge base permissions was able to use the Zammad API to …

  • Critical 9.8

    SMS Alert Order Notifications – WooCommerce <= 3.7.9 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover/Privilege Escalation

    The SMS Alert Order Notifications – WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 3.7.9. This is due to the plugin using the Host header to determine if the plugin is in a pla…

  • Critical 9.8
    CVE-2024-56325 Scanner template EPSS 80%

    Apache Pinot: Authentication bypass issue. If the path does not contain / and contain . authentication is not required

    Authentication Bypass Issue If the path does not contain / and contain., authentication is not required. Expected Normal Request and Response Example curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d {\"username\":\"hack2\",\"password\":\"hack\",\"component…

  • High 8.8

    WordPress Vitepos plugin <= 3.1.4 - Broken Authentication vulnerability

    Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability in appsbd Vitepos vitepos-lite allows Authentication Abuse.This issue affects Vitepos: from n/a through <= 3.1.4.

  • Critical 9.8

    WordPress Material Dashboard plugin <= 1.4.5 - Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

    Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability in Hossein Material Dashboard material-dashboard allows Authentication Bypass.This issue affects Material Dashboard: from n/a through <= 1.4.5.

  • High 7.6

    This issue was addressed with additional entitlement checks. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4, visionOS …

  • High 8.1

    Two-factor Authentication (TFA) - Moderately critical - Access bypass - SA-CONTRIB-2025-023

    Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in Drupal Two-factor Authentication (TFA) allows Forceful Browsing.This issue affects Two-factor Authentication (TFA): from 0.0.0 before 1.10.0.

  • High 7.8

    Authentication bypass vulnerability

    VMware Tools for Windows contains an authentication bypass vulnerability due to improper access control. A malicious actor with non-administrative privileges on a guest VM may gain ability to perform certain high privilege operations within that VM.

  • Critical 9.8
    CVE-2025-2747 Exploited Scanner template EPSS 97%

    Kentico Xperience <= 13.0.178 Staging Sync Server None Password Type Authentication Bypass

    An authentication bypass vulnerability in Kentico Xperience allows authentication bypass via the Staging Sync Server component password handling for the server defined None type. Authentication bypass allows an attacker to control administrative objects.This …

    KEV Oct 20, 2025
  • Critical 9.8
    CVE-2025-2746 Exploited Scanner template EPSS 74%

    Kentico Xperience <= 13.0.172 Staging Sync Server Digest Password Authentication Bypass

    An authentication bypass vulnerability in Kentico Xperience allows authentication bypass via the Staging Sync Server password handling of empty SHA1 usernames in digest authentication. Authentication bypass allows an attacker to control administrative objects…

    KEV Oct 20, 2025
  • High 7.1

    On 70mai Dash Cam 1S devices, by connecting directly to the dashcam's network and accessing the API on port 80 and RTSP…

  • Critical 9.8

    Service Finder Bookings <= 5.0 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Account Takeover

    The Service Finder Bookings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 5.0. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to (1) performing a post-booking a…