Weakness (CWE)
CWE-862: Missing Authorization
The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.
How to prevent it (5 mitigations)
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Architecture and Design
Divide the product into anonymous, normal, privileged, and administrative areas. Reduce the attack surface by carefully mapping roles with data and functionality. Use role-based access control (RBAC) [REF-229] to enforce the roles at the appropriate boundaries.
Note that this approach may not protect against horizontal authorization, i.e., it will not protect a user from attacking others with the same role.
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Architecture and Design
Ensure that access control checks are performed related to the business logic. These checks may be different than the access control checks that are applied to more generic resources such as files, connections, processes, memory, and database records. For example, a database may restrict access for medical records to a specific database user, but each record might only be intended to be accessible to the patient and the patient's doctor [REF-7].
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Architecture and Design
Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
For example, consider using authorization frameworks such as the JAAS Authorization Framework [REF-233] and the OWASP ESAPI Access Control feature [REF-45].
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Architecture and Design
For web applications, make sure that the access control mechanism is enforced correctly at the server side on every page. Users should not be able to access any unauthorized functionality or information by simply requesting direct access to that page.
One way to do this is to ensure that all pages containing sensitive information are not cached, and that all such pages restrict access to requests that are accompanied by an active and authenticated session token associated with a user who has the required permissions to access that page.
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System Configuration, Installation
Use the access control capabilities of your operating system and server environment and define your access control lists accordingly. Use a "default deny" policy when defining these ACLs.
Source: MITRE CWE-862
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Medium 6.5
WordPress Integration for Mailchimp and Contact Form 7, WPForms, Elementor, Ninja Forms plugin <= 1.2.2 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Missing Authorization vulnerability in CRM Perks Integration for Mailchimp and Contact Form 7, WPForms, Elementor, Ninja Forms cf7-mailchimp allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Integration for Mailchimp a…
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Medium 6.5
WordPress GZSEO plugin <= 2.0.14 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
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Medium 6.5
WordPress Vertex Addons for Elementor plugin <= 1.6.4 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Webilia Inc. Vertex Addons for Elementor addons-for-elementor-builder allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Vertex Addons for Elementor: from n/a through <= 1.6.4.
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Medium 6.5
WordPress New User Approve plugin <= 3.2.3 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Saad Iqbal New User Approve new-user-approve allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects New User Approve: from n/a through <= 3.2.3.
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Medium 6.5
WordPress Kargo Takip plugin < 0.2.4 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Özgür KARALAR Kargo Takip kargo-takip-turkiye allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Kargo Takip: from n/a through < 0.2.4.
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Medium 6.5
WordPress Five Star Restaurant Reservations plugin <= 2.7.9 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Rustaurius Five Star Restaurant Reservations restaurant-reservations allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Five Star Restaurant Reservations: from n/a through <= 2.7.9.
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Medium 6.5
WordPress KiviCare plugin <= 3.6.16 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
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Medium 6.5
WordPress Education Zone theme <= 1.3.8 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Missing Authorization vulnerability in raratheme Education Zone education-zone allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Education Zone: from n/a through <= 1.3.8.
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Medium 6.5
WordPress WP System Log plugin <= 1.2.7 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
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Medium 6.5
WordPress Elated Listing plugin <= 1.4 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Elated-Themes Elated Listing eltd-listing allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Elated Listing: from n/a through <= 1.4.
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Medium 6.5
WordPress WPVulnerability plugin <= 4.2.1 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
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Medium 6.5
WordPress WP User Frontend plugin <= 4.2.5 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Missing Authorization vulnerability in weDevs WP User Frontend wp-user-frontend allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects WP User Frontend: from n/a through <= 4.2.5.
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Medium 6.4
WordPress Ultimate Post Kit plugin <= 4.0.21 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
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Medium 6.5
WordPress Booking and Rental Manager plugin <= 2.6.0 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
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Medium 6.5
WordPress My Album Gallery plugin <= 1.0.4 - Arbitrary File Deletion vulnerability
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Ruhul Amin My Album Gallery my-album-gallery allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects My Album Gallery: from n/a through <= 1.0.4.
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Medium 6.5
Astro: Unauthenticated Path Override via `x-astro-path` / `x_astro_path`
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Medium 4.9
Craft CMS: Authorization bypass in "entries/move-to-section" allows control panel user to move entries without section permissions
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Medium 6.9
Craft CMS: Unauthenticated users could execute project configuration sync operations that should be restricted trusted users
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Medium 6.5
Product Filter for WooCommerce by WBW <= 3.1.2 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Filter Data Deletion via TRUNCATE TABLE
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Medium 4.3
WPGraphQL Repo's updateComment allows low-privileged authenticated users to change comment moderation status (comment_approved) without moderate_comments permission
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Medium 5.4
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Medium 4.3
LearnPress <= 4.3.2.8 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Quiz Answer Deletion
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Medium 4.3
Smart Custom Fields <= 5.0.6 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Sensitive Information Exposure via Relational Post Search
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Medium 5.3
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Medium 5.3
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Medium 6.5
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Medium 5.3
Punnel <= 1.3.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Settings Update via 'punnel_save_config' AJAX Action
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Medium 4.3
Group Chat & Video Chat by AtomChat <= 1.1.7 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Plugin Options Update
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Medium 5.3
Build App Online <= 1.0.23 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Post Author Modification via 'build-app-online-update-vendor-product' AJAX Action
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Medium 4.3
Company Posts for LinkedIn <= 1.0.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary LinkedIn Post Data Deletion
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Medium 4.3
Speedup Optimization <= 1.5.9 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Plugin Settings Update via 'speedup01_enabled' AJAX Action
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Medium 5.3
WP-Chatbot for Messenger <= 4.9 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Chatbot Configuration Takeover
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Medium 5.3
Smarter Analytics <= 2.0 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Plugin Settings Reset via 'reset' Parameter
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Medium 5.3
RepairBuddy <= 4.1132 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Plugin Settings Modification via wc_rep_shop_settings_submission AJAX Action
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Medium 6.9CVE-2026-33425 Scanner template
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Medium 4.3
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Medium 5.3
RockPress <= 1.0.17 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Modification via AJAX Actions
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Medium 5.3
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Medium 6.5
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