Improper Privilege Management
CWE-269
The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.
We track 1,938 vulnerabilities of this type. 100% are rated high or critical, and the average CVSS score is 8.4. 22 have been exploited in real attacks.
How this weakness is prevented
- Architecture and Design Operation: Very carefully manage the setting, management, and handling of privileges. Explicitly manage trust zones in the software.
- Architecture and Design: Follow the principle of least privilege when assigning access rights to entities in a software system.
- Architecture and Design: Consider following the principle of separation of privilege. Require multiple conditions to be met before permitting access to a system resource.
Latest Improper Privilege Management vulnerabilities
- 7.3 High severity
Onlne Examination & Learning Management System: Incorrect Privilege Assignment
A flaw has been found in SourceCodester Onlne Examination & Learning Management System 1.0. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file register.php of the component Registration Endpoint. Executing a manipulation of the argument role can lead to i
- 7.8 High severity
containerd: Improper Privilege Management
containerd is an open-source container runtime. In versions prior to 1.7.32, 2.0.9, 2.2.4 and 2.3.1, containers launched with a numeric User directive that cannot be parsed as a 32-bit integer are incorrectly treated as a username, leading to runAsNonRoot evas
- 8.8 High severity
LatePoint – Calendar Booking Plugin for…: Improper Privilege Management
The LatePoint – Calendar Booking Plugin for Appointments and Events plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation to Administrator in versions up to, and including, 5.6.3 This is due to an Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) in the create_or_u
- 8.8 High severity
Dokan Pro: Improper Privilege Management
The Dokan Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via update_capabilities REST Endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.4. This is due to the `update_capabilities()` REST handler accepting arbitrary capability strings from the
- 8.8 High severity
phpMyFAQ: Improper Privilege Management
phpMyFAQ before 4.1.5 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in GroupController::updatePermissions that allows GROUP_EDIT administrators to grant arbitrary rights to groups without verifying they hold those rights themselves. A delegated administrator c
- 7.8 High severity
Chrome: Improper Privilege Management
Inappropriate implementation in CredentialProvider in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 150.0.7871.47 allowed a local attacker to perform OS-level privilege escalation via a malicious file. (Chromium security severity: Low)
- 9.6 Critical severity
Chrome: Improper Privilege Management
Insufficient policy enforcement in Sandbox in Google Chrome on Mac prior to 150.0.7871.47 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)
- 7.8 High severity
MantaRay NM: Improper Privilege Management
Nokia MantaRay NM is vulnerable to a sudo privilege escalation vulnerability where a local attacker possessing administrative (local admin) privileges can escalate to full root privileges on the host. Successful exploitation results in root-level access to the
- 9.9 Critical severity
act_runner: Improper Privilege Management
Gitea act_runner with the Docker backend (through act 0.262.0) passes a workflow's container.options string to the Docker job container's HostConfig and, when configured with privileged: false, forces only the Privileged flag off while merging options such as
- 9.8 Critical severity
Invoice Generator: Improper Privilege Management
The Invoice Generator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the pravel_invoice_edit_account() AJAX action in versions up to, and including, 1.0.0. The handler is exposed via wp_ajax_nopriv_pravel_invoic
- 7.1 High severity
gogs: Improper Privilege Management
Gogs is an open source self-hosted Git service. Prior to 0.14.3, three API endpoints — PATCH /api/v1/repos/:owner/:repo/issue-tracker, PATCH /api/v1/repos/:owner/:repo/wiki, and POST /api/v1/repos/:owner/:repo/mirror-sync — are gated by reqRepoWriter() rather
- 8.2 High severity
capgo: Improper Privilege Management
Supabase Capgo before 12.128.2 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in the SECURITY DEFINER record_build_time RPC function that allows unauthenticated attackers to insert arbitrary build-time records. Attackers can exploit this by calling POST /rest/
- 8.3 High severity
Capgo: Improper Privilege Management
Capgo before 12.128.2 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in its public API key management handlers (get/put/delete/post). API keys created with mode=all but restricted to a single app via limited_to_apps are only checked for limited_to_orgs and not
- 8.8 High severity
Red Hat OpenShift for Windows Containers 10.19: Improper Privilege Management
A flaw was found in the Windows Machine Config Operator (WMCO) for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform. The WICD CSR auto-approver validates that a Certificate Signing Request contains the organization system:wicd-nodes but does not reject additional organiza
- 8.8 High severity
Vitepos: Improper Privilege Management
The Vitepos WordPress plugin before 3.4.2 does not properly restrict the roles that can be assigned when creating new users via one of its REST API endpoints, allowing authenticated users with a custom Vitepos WordPress plugin before 3.4.2 role to escalate pri
- 7.6 High severity
Capgo: Improper Privilege Management
Capgo before 12.128.2 contains a potential privilege escalation vulnerability in the public.apply_usage_overage SECURITY DEFINER function, which performs sensitive billing operations without enforcing internal authorization checks (no validation of auth.uid(),
- 8.8 High severity
Capgo: Improper Privilege Management
Capgo before 12.128.2 contains a scope escalation vulnerability in the POST /functions/v1/apikey endpoint that allows app-limited API keys to mint unrestricted keys by setting empty limits. Attackers with a compromised app-limited key can create an unrestricte
- 8.1 High severity
Azuriom CMS: Improper Privilege Management
Missing Authorization in the server management routes (routes/admin.php) in Azuriom Azuriom CMS before 1.2.11 on all platforms allows an authenticated attacker with the admin.access permission to create AzLink server tokens and take over non-admin user account
- 8.8 High severity
Chrome: Improper Privilege Management
Inappropriate implementation in WebView in Google Chrome on Android prior to 149.0.7827.155 allowed a remote attacker to perform privilege escalation via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
- 8.8 High severity
Contest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos, Media…: Improper Privilege Management
The Contest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos, Media, Sell with PayPal & Stripe plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 30.0.2 via the `RegistryUserRole` parameter. This is due to the plugin's admin menu be
- 7.8 High severity
Android: Improper Privilege Management
In setAllowedCarriers of PhoneInterfaceManager.java, there is a possible way to disable carrier restrictions due to a logic error in the code. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is
- 7.8 High severity
Android: Improper Privilege Management
In SettingsLib, there is a possible way to disable system components due to a logic error in the code. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.
- 8.8 High severity
Oracle Outsourced Mfg for Discrete Industries: Improper Privilege Management
Vulnerability in the Oracle Outsourced Mfg for Discrete Industries product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Internal Operations). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.15. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker wit
- 8.8 High severity
Oracle Outsourced Mfg for Discrete Industries: Improper Privilege Management
Vulnerability in the Oracle Outsourced Mfg for Discrete Industries product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Internal Operations). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.15. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker wit
- 7.5 High severity
Oracle HR Intelligence: Improper Privilege Management
Vulnerability in the Oracle HR Intelligence product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Internal Operations). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.15. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via
- 7.2 High severity
Oracle HR Intelligence: Improper Privilege Management
Vulnerability in the Oracle HR Intelligence product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Internal Operations). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.15. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via H
- 7.5 High severity
Oracle Universal Work Queue: Improper Privilege Management
Vulnerability in the Oracle Universal Work Queue product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Work Provider Site Level Administration). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.15. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker
- 9.9 Critical severity
Oracle Universal Work Queue: Improper Privilege Management
Vulnerability in the Oracle Universal Work Queue product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Work Provider Site Level Administration). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.15. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker w
- 8.8 High severity
Oracle Project Portfolio Analysis: Improper Privilege Management
Vulnerability in the Oracle Project Portfolio Analysis product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Internal Operations). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.15. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network ac
- 8.8 High severity
Oracle Project Portfolio Analysis: Improper Privilege Management
Vulnerability in the Oracle Project Portfolio Analysis product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Internal Operations). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.15. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network ac
- 7.5 High severity
Oracle Subledger Accounting: Improper Privilege Management
Vulnerability in the Oracle Subledger Accounting product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Internal Operations). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.15. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access
- 7.5 High severity
Oracle Subledger Accounting: Improper Privilege Management
Vulnerability in the Oracle Subledger Accounting product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Internal Operations). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.15. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access
- 7.2 High severity
Oracle HRMS (UK): Improper Privilege Management
Vulnerability in the Oracle HRMS (UK) product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: UK Payroll). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.15. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to compromi
- 8.8 High severity
Oracle Quality: Improper Privilege Management
Vulnerability in the Oracle Quality product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Internal Operations). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.15. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to co
- 8.8 High severity
Oracle Quality: Improper Privilege Management
Vulnerability in the Oracle Quality product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Internal Operations). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.15. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to co
- 8.8 High severity
Oracle Process Manufacturing Process Planning: Improper Privilege Management
Vulnerability in the Oracle Process Manufacturing Process Planning product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Internal Operations). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.15. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker wit
- 8.8 High severity
Oracle Cost Management: Improper Privilege Management
Vulnerability in the Oracle Cost Management product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Cost Planning). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.15. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network access via HTTP to
- 8.8 High severity
Oracle iSetup: Improper Privilege Management
Vulnerability in the Oracle iSetup product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: General Ledger Update Transform, Reports). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.15. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low privileged attacker with network a
- 7.5 High severity
Oracle Complex Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul: Improper Privilege Management
Vulnerability in the Oracle Complex Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Internal Operations). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.15. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker
- 7.5 High severity
Oracle Complex Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul: Improper Privilege Management
Vulnerability in the Oracle Complex Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: Internal Operations). Supported versions that are affected are 12.2.3-12.2.15. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows low privileged attacker