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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High 7.1
Checkmate through 3.11.0 Missing Authorization on Maintenance Window, Notification, and Check Deletion Routes
Checkmate through 3.11.0 omits the isAllowed role guard middleware on maintenance-window, notification, and check-deletion routes, allowing read-only users to perform administrative actions. Attackers with user-role sessions can create arbitrary maintenance w…
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Medium 4.3
Missing Authorization in Kibana Leading to Unauthorized Cross-Space Write Operations
Missing Authorization in Kibana Leading to Unauthorized Modification of Data / Missing Authorization (CWE-862) in Kibana can lead to unauthorized modification of data via Privilege Abuse (CAPEC-122). An authenticated user holding Security read-level access in…
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Medium 4.3
Missing Authorization in Kibana Fleet Plugin Leading to Cross-Space Agent Data Disclosure
Missing Authorization in Kibana Leading to Information Disclosure / Missing Authorization (CWE-862) in the Kibana Fleet feature can lead to information disclosure via Privilege Abuse (CAPEC-122). An authenticated user holding read-level Fleet agent privileges…
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High 8.6CVE-2026-63219 Exploited
Unauthenticated file upload via missing authorization on formatter upload endpoint
GeoNetwork is a catalog application to manage spatially referenced resources. Prior to versions 4.4.12 and 4.2.17, the API endpoint for creating a new formatter via file upload is unprotected and allows the upload of external uncontrolled files. An unauthenti…
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Medium 5.3
WordPress Unlimited Elements For Elementor (Free Widgets, Addons, Templates) plugin <= 2.0.17 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Unlimited Elements Unlimited Elements For Elementor (Free Widgets, Addons, Templates) allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels. This issue affects Unlimited Elements For Elementor (Free Wid…
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Medium 5.3
WordPress Ultimate Maps by Supsystic plugin <= 1.5.3 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Supsystic Ultimate Maps by Supsystic allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels. This issue affects Ultimate Maps by Supsystic: from n/a through 1.5.3.
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Medium 6.5
WordPress MountDev AI MCP Connector for WordPress plugin <= 1.6.5 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Cascadia Web Services MountDev AI MCP Connector for WordPress allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels. This issue affects MountDev AI MCP Connector for WordPress: from n/a through 1.6.5.
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High 7.5
WordPress Quick Event Manager plugin <= 9.17 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Unauthenticated Broken Access Control in Quick Event Manager <= 9.17 versions.
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High 8.1
WordPress Agentimus – AI SEO, llms.txt & MCP for AI Agents plugin <= 1.51.0 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Subscriber Broken Access Control in Agentimus – AI SEO, llms.txt & MCP for AI Agents <= 1.51.0 versions.
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Medium 6.5
WordPress Business Directory plugin <= 6.4.26 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Unauthenticated Broken Access Control in Business Directory <= 6.4.26 versions.
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High 8.2
WordPress WP Compress plugin <= 7.21.28 - Settings Change vulnerability
Unauthenticated Settings Change in WP Compress <= 7.21.28 versions.
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Medium 6.5
WordPress WPFunnels plugin <= 3.12.13 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Unauthenticated Broken Access Control in WPFunnels <= 3.12.13 versions.
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Medium 6.5
WordPress Mail Mint plugin <= 1.31.0 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Unauthenticated Broken Access Control in Mail Mint <= 1.31.0 versions.
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Critical 9.8
WordPress YITH Request a Quote for WooCommerce Premium plugin < 4.46.0 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Unauthenticated Broken Access Control in YITH Request a Quote for WooCommerce Premium < 4.46.0 versions.
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Medium 6.5
WordPress Timetics plugin <= 1.0.61 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Unauthenticated Broken Access Control in Timetics <= 1.0.61 versions.
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High 7.7
Gardens v2: StreamingEscrow buffer drains to the proposal beneficiary on cancel via the permissionless claim()
Gardens v2 is a modular governance framework that enables communities to create and manage multiple governance pools with customizable parameters and voting mechanisms. In 3e595f3 and prior, when a streaming proposal is funded, the cluster of streaming contra…
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High 7.1
ntopng's Missing Authorization in REST API Allows Non-Admin Users to Delete and Rename Arbitrary Tags
ntopng is a web-based network traffic monitoring application. In versions 6.7.0 through 6.7.260717, two REST v2 endpoints that manage ntopng's tag/badge feature — `POST /lua/rest/v2/delete/tag/tag.lua` and `POST /lua/rest/v2/edit/tag/tag.lua` — perform no aut…
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Medium 5.3
MISP OnDemand Correlation Engine Missing Access Control Allows Disclosure of Restricted Correlations
MISP contains an authorization flaw in the OnDemand correlation engine where correlations were calculated solely from matching attribute values without applying the distribution, sharing group, organization, or other access-control restrictions associated wit…
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High 7.6
Kill Bill through 0.24.21 Missing Authorization on AdminResource Endpoints
Kill Bill through 0.24.21 fails to enforce permission annotations on several AdminResource endpoints including getQueueEntries, invalidatesCache, and putOutOfRotation. Authenticated users with minimal account:read permissions can read internal queues, flush s…
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High 8.3
CRMEB through 6.0.0 Missing Authorization via Inert verifyAuth Role Check
CRMEB contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the verifyAuth() method of SystemRoleServices.php that returns true from both conditional branches. Sub-administrators and accounts with no roles can access restricted admin endpoints by exploiting the …
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Medium 4.3
Oppia through 3.5.2 Missing Authorization on AdminRoleHandler GET
Oppia's AdminRoleHandler GET endpoint in core/controllers/admin.py is decorated with open_access, allowing any registered user to enumerate privileged accounts and roles. Attackers can query the endpoint with filter_criterion parameters to retrieve usernames …
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Critical 9.5
Joomla Extension - j2commerce.com - Missing authorization on Apps controller delegation chain in J2Store 1.0.0-3.3.21, 4.0.0-4.0.21, 4.1.0-4.1.6
Joomla Extension - j2commerce.com - Missing authorization on Apps controller delegation chain in J2Store 1.0.0-3.3.21, 4.0.0-4.0.21, 4.1.0-4.1.6 - `J2StoreControllerApps`'s `appTask` delegation path instantiates app-plugin controllers with no ACL check anywhe…
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High 7.6
Open edX Platform: Insufficient Permission on set_course_mode_price()
Open edX Platform enables the authoring and delivery of online learning at any scale. Prior to commit 59bb6d6, the view function set_course_mode_price() at lms/djangoapps/instructor/views/instructor_dashboard.py:430 is decorated only with @login_required and …
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High 8.3
Nuclio: Missing authorization on project write paths allows any authenticated user to modify or delete any project
Nuclio is a "Serverless" framework for Real-Time Events and Data Processing. Prior to version 1.16.0, there is a vulnerability in Nuclio Dashboard's project management API, allowing any authenticated user (without membership in the target project) to bypass O…
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Medium 5.4
Missing permission checks in Jenkins XebiaLabs XL Deploy Plugin 26.1.0 and earlier allow attackers with Overall/Read pe…
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Medium 5.4
A missing permission check in Jenkins Pipeline: Build Step Plugin 599.v4b_67ea_11b_152 and earlier causes downstream bu…
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Medium 5.4
A missing permission check in Jenkins Pipeline: Build Step Plugin 599.v4b_67ea_11b_152 and earlier causes downstream bu…
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Medium 4.3
Jenkins Script Security Plugin 1412.v7737b_3405f86 and earlier does not enforce a permission check in the method that c…
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Medium 4.2
In Jenkins 2.579 and earlier, LTS 2.568.2 and earlier, the build CLI command does not check the Item/Cancel permission …
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Medium 4.3
A missing permission check in Jenkins 2.579 and earlier, LTS 2.568.2 and earlier allows attackers with Item/Read permis…
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Low 3.5
Jenkins 2.421 through 2.579 (both inclusive), LTS 2.426.1 through 2.568.2 (both inclusive) does not correctly perform p…
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High 7.5
The mobile Smart Connect dashboard UI was subject to manipulation by 3rd party apps. When paired with a phishing attack…
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Medium 5.5
Missing Authorization in Kibana Leading to Unauthorized Elasticsearch Index Data Exposure
Missing Authorization (CWE-862) in Kibana can lead to information disclosure via Privilege Abuse (CAPEC-122). An authorization control was not applied to a Kibana Entity Store configuration operation, allowing an authenticated user with elevated Kibana privil…
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High 8.2
Auto x LINE <= 1.0.0 – Unauthenticated REST API Endpoints Call
The Auto x LINE WordPress plugin through 1.0.0 does not have authorization checks in some of its REST endpoints, allowing unauthenticated users to call them and update the plugin settings, clear logs etc
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Medium 5.3
WP User Frontend < 4.3.11 - Unauthenticated Post Creation via Subscription-Gated Form
The User Frontend WordPress plugin before 4.3.11 does not enforce its subscription-purchase requirement when processing frontend post submissions, only when rendering the form, allowing unauthenticated users to create and, depending on the form's configuratio…
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Medium 5.3
Data field - Moderately critical - Information disclosure - SA-CONTRIB-2026-108
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Drupal Data field allows Forceful Browsing. This issue affects Data field versions: from 0.0.0 to 2.0.13.
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Medium 5.3
Digital Signage Framework - Moderately critical - Access bypass - SA-CONTRIB-2026-109
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Drupal Digital Signage Framework allows Forceful Browsing. This issue affects Digital Signage Framework versions: from 0.0.0 to 2.6.1.
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Medium 5.4
Entity PDF - Moderately critical - Access bypass - SA-CONTRIB-2026-114
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Drupal Entity PDF allows Forceful Browsing. This issue affects Entity PDF versions: from 0.0.0 to 2.1.5.
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Medium 5.4
WordPress Classified Listing plugin <= 6.1.3 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Mamunur Rashid Classified Listing classified-listing allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs.This issue affects Classified Listing: from n/a through 6.1.3.
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Medium 5.3
WordPress Rentsyst plugin <= 2.1.5 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Missing Authorization vulnerability in DimaFreund Rentsyst rentsyst allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Rentsyst: from n/a through 2.1.5.