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
10,634 results · Feed
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Medium 4.3
ProfileGrid < 6.0.0.0 - Subscriber+ Group Join Request Disclosure via pm_get_all_requests_from_group
The ProfileGrid WordPress plugin before 6.0.0.0 does not perform authorization checks when listing a group's pending membership requests, allowing any authenticated user such as a Subscriber to disclose the names and request dates of the users awaiting approv…
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Critical 9.8
Chama < 1.0.13 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary User Password Reset
The ChamaWP WordPress plugin before 1.0.13 does not properly validate a password reset request, allowing unauthenticated attackers to reset the password of arbitrary users, including administrators, which could lead to a full site takeover.
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Critical 9.4
Simple Membership < 4.7.8 - Unauthenticated Administrator Account Takeover via Registration Username Collision
The Simple Membership WordPress plugin before 4.7.8 does not verify whether user creation failed during registration before using the returned value as a user ID to update an account, allowing unauthenticated attackers to overwrite the primary administrator's…
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Low 2.7
Classified Listing < 5.4.4 - Contributor+ Store Revenue Total Disclosure via rtcl_revenue_order_search
The Classified Listing WordPress plugin before 5.4.4 does not perform a capability check on an AJAX action that returns aggregated store revenue totals, allowing users with contributor-level access and above to read daily revenue figures normally restricted t…
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Low 2.7
Classified Listing < 5.4.4 - Contributor+ Unpublished Post Content Disclosure via rtcl_block_css_get_posts
The Classified Listing WordPress plugin before 5.4.4 does not perform a capability or ownership check on an AJAX action that returns a post's content, allowing users with contributor-level access and above to read the content of any post, page, or custom post…
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Medium 6.5
Contest Gallery < 30.0.7 - Author+ Arbitrary Post Deletion via post_cg_youtube_delete_from_library
The Contest Gallery WordPress plugin before 30.0.7 does not perform per-object capability or nonce checks in one of its post-deletion handlers, gating it only by a coarse role-membership test, which allows any Author-level or higher user to permanently delete…
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High 7.8
In Bluetooth driver, there is a possible permission bypass due to a missing permission check. This could lead to local …
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High 7.7
In Telephony, there is a possible escalation of privilege due to a missing permission check. This could lead to local e…
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Medium 6.5
WebToffee Cookie Consent < 3.5.3 - Consent Log Disclosure/Deletion, Page Creation & License Deactivation via Unprotected REST Routes
The webtoffee-cookie-consent WordPress plugin before 3.5.3 does not perform authorization checks on several of its REST API routes, allowing unauthenticated attackers to export and delete stored visitor consent records, create posts, and modify the webtoffee-…
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High 7.5
WooCommerce Product Attachment < 2.3.3 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Media Download
The Product Attachment for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 2.3.3 does not perform any authorization check before streaming media library files, allowing unauthenticated users to download any attachment — including private or unlinked uploads — by enumerat…
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Medium 4.3
LWS Optimize < 3.4 - Subscriber+ Cache Deletion
The LWS Optimize WordPress plugin before 3.4 does not perform a capability check on its cache-clearing actions, allowing any authenticated user, including Subscribers, to flush the site's caches and force repeated cache rebuilds.
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Medium 5.5
Meta Box < 5.13.1 - Contributor+ Arbitrary Attachment Deletion via IDOR
The Meta Box WordPress plugin before 5.13.1 does not verify that a user is authorized to delete the supplied attachment before deleting it, allowing users with a low-privilege role such as Contributor to permanently delete arbitrary media attachments belongin…
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Medium 6.5
Keycloak-services: keycloak-services: client access-type policy condition bypass during client update
A flaw was found in the keycloak-services component of Keycloak, which is used for managing authentication and authorization flows. The issue occurs when a realm administrator configures client policies to enforce specific authentication requirements on confi…
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Medium 6.6
Keycloak-services: keycloak-services: fgap v2 group assignment bypass during user creation
A flaw was found in the user creation component of Keycloak when Fine-Grained Admin Permissions V2 (FGAP V2) is enabled. This issue allows a sub-administrator with permission to create users to add those users to any group, even groups the sub-administrator i…
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Medium 5.4
Keycloak-services: keycloak-services: full-scope-disabled client policy validation bypass via omitted fullscopeallowed
A flaw was found in the full-scope-disabled client-policy executor within the keycloak-services component. This component is responsible for enforcing security policies during client registration and configuration in Red Hat Build of Keycloak. The issue occur…
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Medium 4.3
ArcadeDB before 26.7.2 Authentication Bypass via ALTER TYPE
ArcadeDB before 26.7.2 fails to enforce the UPDATE_SCHEMA database permission on the ALTER TYPE ... CUSTOM and ALTER TYPE ... BUCKETSELECTIONSTRATEGY SQL operations, which map to setCustomValue and setBucketSelectionStrategy in LocalDocumentType. An authentic…
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High 8.3
better-auth SCIM 1.5.0 before 1.7.0-beta.4 Authorization Bypass
better-auth SCIM versions from 1.5.0 before 1.7.0-beta.4 fail to bind non-organization SCIM providers to their creator by default, allowing authenticated users to manage other users' providers. Attackers can regenerate SCIM bearer tokens, invalidate legitimat…
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Critical 9.9
better-auth SCIM 1.4.0-beta.27 through 1.6.21 Account Takeover via Provider-ID Collision
@better-auth/scim (a better-auth plugin) versions >= 1.4.0-beta.27 through <= 1.6.21 and >= 1.7.0-beta.0 through <= 1.7.0-beta.9 contain an authorization bypass. SCIM token issuance did not reject provider IDs already used by existing SSO, SAML, OIDC, generic…
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Medium 6.5
Advanced Views <= 3.9.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Sensitive Information Exposure via 'view-refresh' and 'card-refresh' REST Endpoints
The Advanced Views – Display Custom Fields (ACF, Pods, MetaBox), Posts, CPT and Woo Products anywhere in Gutenberg, Elementor, Divi, Beaver… plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 3.9.1 via t…
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Medium 5.3
Gutena Forms – Contact Form, Survey Form, Feedback Form, Booking Form, and Custom Form Builder <= 1.9.0 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Form Entry Modification/Trash via process_bulk_action()
The Gutena Forms – Contact Form, Survey Form, Feedback Form, Booking Form, and Custom Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.0. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a …
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Medium 4.3
RealHomes Memberships <= 3.0.9 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Membership Payment Bypass via 'ims_add_paypal_recurring_membership' AJAX Action
The RealHomes Memberships plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.9. 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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Critical 9.1
FormGent <= 1.9.2- Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Deletion via 'file_token' Parameter
The FormGent plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized arbitrary file deletion due to a missing capability check on the /wp-json/formgent/responses/attachments REST API endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.2 This is due to the REST API …
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Medium 4.9
Decidim: Verification admins can access supplied IDs from other organisations
Decidim is a participatory democracy framework. Prior to 0.30.9, from 0.31.0 before 0.31.5, and in 0.32.0.rc1 before 0.32.0.rc2, the identity-document verification admin controllers load pending Authorization records by raw identifier without confirming curre…
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Medium 5.4
Decidim: Forms admin question editor lacks authorization
Decidim is a participatory democracy framework. From 0.31.1 before 0.31.5 and in 0.32.0.rc1 before 0.32.0.rc2, a participant can directly load /admin/demographics/questions/edit_questions and reach the demographics questionnaire editor without the required ad…
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Medium 5.4
pgAdmin 4: Tool permission bypass via backend routes and Socket.IO handlers
The per-tool permission system (custom roles / role-based tool permissions, introduced in pgAdmin 4 9.3) did not enforce its permission check consistently. In SERVER mode, pgAdmin 4 gates each tool behind a per-tool Flask-Security permission, but the permissi…
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Medium 5.3
Missing Authorization Allows Editing of Foreign Reports
Missing authorization in Checkmk <2.5.0p10, <2.4.0p35, <2.3.0p49, and 2.2.0 (EOL) allows an authenticated user lacking the "Edit foreign Reports" permission to modify reports owned by other users.
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Medium 5.3
MailerPress <= 1.5.0 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Modification via REST API Endpoint
The MailPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access in versions up to, and including, 1.5.0 via the campaign revision-restore REST endpoint (POST /wp-json/mailpress/v1/campaign/<id>/restore-revision/<revision_id>). The route in the vulnera…
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Medium 5.3
MailPress <= 1.5.0 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Contact Updates
The MailerPress – Newsletter, email marketing & AI automation plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the `mailerpress/v1/contact` endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.0. This makes it possi…
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Medium 6.8
Keycloak-services: keycloak-services: google external access-token exchange bypasses hosted-domain restriction
Keycloak allows users to log in using Google accounts and can be configured to only allow users from specific Google Workspace domains. A flaw was found where the token exchange feature, which allows swapping a Google token for a Keycloak token, does not chec…
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Medium 6.5
Keycloak-services: keycloak-services: inactive out-of-audience token introspection leaks signed jwt claim
A flaw was found in the OIDC token introspection endpoint of the keycloak-services component. Keycloak is an open-source identity and access management solution used to secure modern applications and services. The issue occurs when a confidential client, conf…
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Medium 4.9
Keycloak-services: keycloak-services: missing per-role authorization on rolecontainerresource composite endpoints
A flaw was found in the RoleContainerResource component of Keycloak. The issue occurs because certain name-based endpoints in the admin REST API do not properly enforce authorization checks when managing composite roles. This allows a delegated administrator …
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Medium 4.2
Keycloak-services: keycloak-services: client not-before revocation ignored when realm not-before is older but nonzero
A flaw was found in the TokenManager component of the Keycloak identity management service. When an administrator attempts to revoke tokens for a specific application (client) using a "not-before" policy, the revocation may be silently ignored if the overall …
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Low 3.7
Support Genix Lite < 1.4.48 - Unauthenticated Ticket Attachment Download via Missing Authorization
The Support Genix WordPress plugin before 1.4.48 does not properly authorize access to support-ticket attachment downloads, allowing unauthenticated users who obtain the stored attachment file name to download other users' private ticket attachments.
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High 7.5
JS Help Desk < 3.1.4 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Ticket File Attachment Upload
The JS Help Desk WordPress plugin before 3.1.4 does not perform any authorization, nonce, or ownership check on a front-end request dispatcher, allowing unauthenticated users to upload files (limited to the JS Help Desk WordPress plugin before 3.1.4's inert a…
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Medium 5.3
GiveWP < 4.16.3 - Unauthenticated Payment Gateway Restriction Bypass
The GiveWP WordPress plugin before 4.16.3 does not restrict the set of available payment gateways to those enabled by the administrator, deriving it in part from request input, which allows unauthenticated users to complete donations through a payment gateway…
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Medium 4.3
OpenProject: Private work package subject/identity disclosure through the global Time Entries and Cost Entries APIs (linked work package rendered without visibility check)
OpenProject is open-source, web-based project management software. Prior to 17.6.0, GET /api/v3/time_entries and GET /api/v3/cost_entries rendered _links.workPackage.title and _links.workPackage.href through associated_resource in modules/costs/lib/api/v3/tim…
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High 7.6
OpenProject: Improper Access Control through /api/v3/work_packages/<X.id> via PATCH parameter "fileLinks"
OpenProject is open-source, web-based project management software. Prior to 17.6.0, PATCH /api/v3/work_packages/{id} accepted _links.fileLinks and allowed authenticated users with edit_work_packages but without manage_file_links to resolve Storages::FileLink …
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High 7.2
Subscriptions for WooCommerce <= 2.0.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Shop Manager+) Arbitrary Plugin Installation via wps_sfw_install_plugin_configuration AJAX Action
The Subscriptions for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.0. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action via the wps_sfw_install_…
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Medium 6.5
Frontend Admin by DynamiApps < 3.29.7 - Subscriber+ Taxonomy Term Creation/Modification/Deletion via Missing Authorization
The Frontend Admin by DynamiApps WordPress plugin before 3.29.7 does not perform capability checks on its taxonomy term creation, modification, and deletion operations, allowing authenticated users with low privileges (such as Subscribers) to create, rename, …
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High 7.5
WP Travel Engine < 6.8.2 - Unauthenticated Trip Difficulty Level Option Update
The WP Travel Engine WordPress plugin before 6.8.2 does not perform a capability check on an AJAX action that updates a WP Travel Engine WordPress plugin before 6.8.2 option, allowing unauthenticated users to overwrite a site-wide WP Travel Engine WordPress p…