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 5.4
ThumbPress < 6.2.2 - Subscriber+ Plugin Deactivation
The ThumbPress WordPress plugin before 6.2.2 does not perform a capability check on one of its AJAX actions, allowing authenticated users with subscriber-level access or higher to deactivate the ThumbPress WordPress plugin before 6.2.2, disrupting the site's …
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Medium 6.5
PayPlus Payment Gateway < 8.2.2 - Unauthenticated Order Key Disclosure and Order Status Modification
The PayPlus Payment Gateway WordPress plugin before 8.2.2 does not perform authorization or order-ownership validation in one of its AJAX actions available to unauthenticated users, allowing them to disclose the secret order key of arbitrary WooCommerce order…
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Medium 5.3
Kirki < 6.0.12 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Comment Modification and Moderation Bypass via Component Library
The Kirki WordPress plugin before 6.0.12 does not perform any authorisation check on one of its REST routes, allowing unauthenticated users to overwrite the content of arbitrary existing comments and to create pre-approved comments under a spoofed identity, b…
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Medium 5.3
WP Travel < 11.7.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Booking Cancellation
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High 8.8
ip6: vti: Use ip6_tnl.net in vti6_siocdevprivate().
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High 7.3
xfrm: route MIGRATE notifications to caller's netns
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm: route MIGRATE notifications to caller's netns xfrm_send_migrate() in net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c and pfkey_send_migrate() in net/key/af_key.c both hardcode &init_net for the multicast that ann…
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High 7.1
ntfs3: reject direct userspace writes to reserved $LX* xattrs
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High 8.8
net: ip_gre: require CAP_NET_ADMIN in the device netns for changelink
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Medium 4.3
geex-arts django-jet OAuth cross-site request forgery
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Medium 6.5
geex-arts django-jet OAuth Credential Revoke authorization
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Medium 6.3
Sipeed PicoClaw Group Message feishu_64.go handleMessageReceive authorization
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Medium 6.3
nextlevelbuilder GoClaw Invoke Endpoint tools_invoke.go ToolsInvokeHandler.ServeHTTP authorization
A weakness has been identified in nextlevelbuilder GoClaw up to 3.13.2. Affected by this issue is the function ToolsInvokeHandler.ServeHTTP of the file internal/http/tools_invoke.go of the component Invoke Endpoint. This manipulation causes missing authorizat…
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Medium 4.3
Sipeed PicoClaw auth.go cross-site request forgery
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Critical 9.6
Avo: Missing Authorization in Avo Association Attach Endpoint Allows Unauthorized Relationship Manipulation and Privilege Escalation
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High 7.1
Pimcore: CustomReports Share Bypass
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High 8.1
Pimcore: Missing Authorization in WebDAV MOVE via unchecked asset move handling
Pimcore is an Open Source Data & Experience Management Platform. Prior to 11.5.17 (LTS) and 12.3.7, Pimcore's WebDAV asset endpoint exposes a MOVE operation through /asset/webdav{path} without an authentication plugin in bundles/CoreBundle/src/Controller/WebD…
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Medium 6.3
Formie: Missing authorization in administrative settings allows low-privileged CP users to modify plugin configuration
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Medium 6.4
Pimcore: WordExport Authorization Bypass for Unauthorized Document Export
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Medium 6.5
Shopware: Admin API ACL Bypass in Order State Transition Endpoints
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Medium 6.5
Shopware: Privilege Escalation via Sync API Integration Admin Flag Bypass
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Critical 9.1
Missing Authorization in Vimesoft's Enterprise Video Platform
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Medium 4.9
Keycloak-services: keycloak-services: incorrect authorization in admin role-composite deletion allows delegated admin to remove privileged child roles
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Medium 6.5
Maybe 0.6.0 Missing Authorization via HostingsController show/update
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Medium 5.3
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High 8.5
Missing Authorization in Firebase Studio allows Cross-Tenant Source Code Theft
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Medium 6.3
mosaxiv clawlet cron Chat Tool tool_cron.go remove authorization
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High 7.5
PhonePe Payment Solutions < 3.1.0 - Unauthenticated Payment Bypass via Forged Callback
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High 7.5
LearnPress <= 4.4.1 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure via /lp/v1/users/check-answer and /start-quiz REST Endpoints
The LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin for Create and Sell Online Courses plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 4.4.1 via the check_answer. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attacker…
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Medium 4.3
ERP: Complete HR, Accounting & CRM Suite Built for WooCommerce <= 1.17.6 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Company Location Creation via wp_ajax_erp-company-location AJAX Handler
The ERP: Complete HR, Accounting & CRM Suite Built for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.17.6. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform a…
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Medium 5.3
Fense Proxy & VPN Blocker <= 3.0.1 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Plugin Option/Transient Deletion via fense_bpvt_save_settings AJAX Action
The Fense Proxy & VPN Blocker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check and missing nonce validation on the fense_bpvt_save_settings() function in versions up to, and including, 3.0.1. The callba…
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Medium 6.3
Grav Flex-Objects < 1.4.3 Authorization Bypass via API
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High 8.8
grav-plugin-api < 1.0.6 Privilege Escalation via createApiKey
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High 7.4
Grav < 2.0.4 2FA Bypass via Secret Regeneration
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High 8.8
OpenClaw 2026.1.20 < 2026.5.27 Authorization Bypass via device.pair.approve
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High 8.8
OpenClaw < 2026.6.5 Authentication Bypass via Admin Tools
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High 7.1
OpenClaw < 2026.6.9 Authentication Bypass via Moderation Actions
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High 7.1
OpenClaw 2026.4.12-beta.1 < 2026.6.6 Authorization Bypass via message actions
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Medium 5.3
Kirby: Content locks disclose IDs and emails of inaccessible users from `users.access/list` permissions
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Medium 6.0
Kirby: `pages.access` permission is not checked during rendering of page drafts
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Medium 5.4
bunkerweb: Read-only Web UI users can delete job cache files due to missing authorization on /cache/ routes
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