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
In JetBrains YouTrack before 2026.1.13903, 2026.2.17950 an authenticated user could read restricted articles from other…
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Medium 4.3
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High 8.1
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Medium 5.3
Discourse: Hidden first-post excerpt is emitted in Q&A schema JSON-LD
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Medium 4.3
Discourse: Shared-draft titles and excerpts leak through group post serialization
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Medium 4.3
Discourse: Review queue exposes flag-related private message excerpts to category group moderators
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Low 3.9
_GitLab Plugin allows cross-channel post injection and phishing via missing channel permission checks in issue API endpoints_
Mattermost Plugins versions <=11.8 10.20.11 11.5.7.0 _The Mattermost GitLab plugin fails to verify channel permissions when processing API requests with a caller-supplied_ {{post_id}}_, and fails to validate the_ {{web_url}} _parameter against the configured …
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Medium 4.3
Board channel linking without read channel permission validation
Mattermost versions 11.7.x <= 11.7.6, 10.11.x <= 10.11.21, 11.8.x <= 11.8.3 fail to validate that users have read access to a channel before linking a board to it, which allows an authenticated attacker to discover the membership of private channels on the sa…
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High 7.5
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High 7.5
Broken Access Control in Dolusoft Software's Fortilogger
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Dolusoft Software Technologies Fortilogger allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs. This issue affects Fortilogger: before 6.1.5.9.
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High 8.8
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High 7.7
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Medium 4.3
Kirki <= 6.1.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Sensitive Information Disclosure via 'context' Parameter
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High 7.5
WP Travel Engine <= 6.8.4 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Disclosure via 'booking_id' Parameter
The WP Travel Engine – Tour Booking Plugin – Tour Operator Software plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 6.8.4. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform a…
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High 7.5
Extra Product Options Builder for WooCommerce < 1.2.176 - Unauthenticated Customer File Disclosure via getpublicfileupload
The Extra Product Options Builder for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 1.2.176 does not verify that the requester is entitled to a customer-uploaded file before serving it, allowing unauthenticated users who obtain a file's stored name to retrieve it. The …
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Medium 4.3
ShortPixel Adaptive Images <= 3.11.5 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Third-Party Plugin Option Modification via 'causer' Parameter
The ShortPixel Adaptive Images – WebP, AVIF, CDN, Image Optimization plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 3.11.5. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform…
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Critical 9.1
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Medium 4.3
Kubio AI Page Builder <= 2.8.5 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Front-Page/Menu/Template Configuration Reversion via kubio_restore_front_page AJAX Action
The Kubio AI Page Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.5. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authe…
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Medium 4.3
Everest Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form, Quiz, Survey & Custom Form Builder with AI <= 3.5.2 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Delegated+) Arbitrary Plugin Activation via REST API and AJAX Endpoints
The Everest Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form, Quiz, Survey & Custom Form Builder with AI plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.2. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is …
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Medium 4.3
ECS < 4.3.13 - Contributor+ Arbitrary Post Binding and Global Preset Modification via Dynamic Repeater Handlers
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High 8.8
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High 8.8
net: ip6_vti: require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the device netns for changelink
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High 8.8
net: ip_vti: require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the device netns for changelink
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High 8.8
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High 8.8
net: ipip: require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the device netns for changelink
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High 8.8
net: ip6_tunnel: require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the device netns for changelink
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High 7.1
ieee802154: admin-gate legacy LLSEC dump operations
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High 8.8
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Medium 5.3
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High 8.1
CVE-2026-16772
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Medium 5.8
SiYuan before v3.7.4 Information Disclosure via getRefIDsByFileAnnotationID
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High 8.8
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High 7.6
Grav API Plugin before 1.0.13 API-key scope cap bypass via ReportsController
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Medium 5.4
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Medium 6.5
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High 8.6
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Medium 4.3
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High 8.8
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Critical 9.6
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Critical 9.0
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