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
- 7.5 High severity
Nexter Extension – Security, Performance, Code…: Improper Privilege Management
The Nexter Extension – Security, Performance, Code Snippets & Site Toolkit plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 4.7.11 The vulnerability exists because the `/?reset-view` handler in `role_switcher_to_
- 9.8 Critical severity
MailOptin – Popup, Optin Forms & Email…: Improper Privilege Management
The MailOptin – Popup, Optin Forms & Email Newsletters for Mailchimp, HubSpot, AWeber Etc. plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.78.6 This is due to the `subscribe_to_email_list` endpoint accepting
- 7.5 High severity
InstaWP Connect – 1-click WP Staging & Migration: Improper Privilege Management
The InstaWP Connect – 1-click WP Staging & Migration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 0.1.4.1 This is due to the plugin registering its admin page via `add_management_page()` using a role name ret
- 9.8 Critical severity
My Calendar – Accessible Event Manager: Improper Privilege Management
The My Calendar – Accessible Event Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 3.8.7. The public `mcs` GET parameter is reflected into post content unsanitized before WordPress core's `do_shortcode`
- 8.1 High severity
Customer Email Verification for WooCommerce: Improper Privilege Management
The Customer Email Verification for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation via the `alg_wc_ev_verify_email` parameter in versions up to, and including, 3.3.0. The vulnerability exists because `alg_wc_ev_generate_user_code()` gen
- 7.5 High severity
Eclipse Connected Services Platform: Improper Privilege Management
In `api-gateway` versions till `1.7.3`, The default rate-limit key resolver, `ClientIpKeyResolver`, derives the per-client bucket key from the leftmost element of the `X-Forwarded-For` request header. That element is supplied by the originating HTTP client and
- 9.8 Critical severity
User Rights Access Manager: Improper Privilege Management
The User Rights Access Manager WordPress plugin through 1.1.3 does not restrict access to one of its AJAX account-registration handlers and assigns newly registered accounts a role that was created as a copy of the administrator role, allowing unauthenticated
- 9.9 Critical severity
keda: Improper Privilege Management
KEDA is a Kubernetes-based Event Driven Autoscaling component. In version 2.20.2 and earlier, a namespace administrator who can create TriggerAuthentication and ScaledObject resources can set hashiCorpVault.address to a tenant-controlled endpoint and select Ku
- 7.0 High severity
util-linux: Improper Privilege Management
util-linux is a random collection of Linux utilities. In util-linux 2.39.1 through 2.41.4 and 2.42 through 2.42.1, the SUID `mount` utility reads the attacker-controlled `LIBMOUNT_FORCE_MOUNT2` environment variable with `getenv()`, allowing a local low-privile
- 8.8 High severity
Gitea Runner: Improper Privilege Management
Gitea Runner passes workflow-controlled container options into Docker job container configuration while privileged mode is disabled. Host namespace settings, expanded capabilities, and security profile overrides can remain effective despite Privileged being fo
- 7.8 High severity
MyReport Updater: Improper Privilege Management
MyReport Updater through 2.1.1 contains a local privilege escalation vulnerability that allows low-privileged users to make the SYSTEM updater service install attacker-supplied archives into arbitrary directories. Attackers can use UpdaterManager.exe over gRPC
- 9.8 Critical severity
SimpleForm – Form Maker to Chat Apps with…: Improper Privilege Management
The SimpleForm – Form Maker to Chat Apps with Quiz, Poll and Multi Lead Notifications plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 3.10.0 This is due to the `wp_ajax_nopriv_simpleform_wp_register` AJAX action
- 7.5 High severity
Membership & User Roles for WooCommerce…: Improper Privilege Management
The Membership & User Roles for WooCommerce (Automatic Role Changer) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in versions up to, and including, 20260828. This is due to the `maybe_add_role_to_user()` function unconditionally re-assigning ever
- 7.5 High severity
Bit integrations – Form Integration, Webhook…: Improper Privilege Management
The Bit integrations – Form Integration, Webhook, Spreadsheets, CRM, LMS & Email Automation plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation via Log Re-execution in all versions up to, and including, 2.10.6 The vulnerability exists because `Integrati
- 8.8 High severity
leantime: Improper Privilege Management
Leantime is an open source project management system. Prior to 3.10.0, for the provisionally grouped account-creation and plugin-management surfaces, Leantime's JSON-RPC dispatcher in app/Domain/Api/Controllers/Jsonrpc.php exposes public API service methods, w
- 8.8 High severity
Firefox: Improper Privilege Management
Privilege escalation in the WebExtensions component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 158, Firefox ESR 153.5, Thunderbird 158, and Thunderbird 153.5.
- 8.8 High severity
Firefox: Improper Privilege Management
Privilege escalation in the DOM: Navigation component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 158, Firefox ESR 153.5, Thunderbird 158, and Thunderbird 153.5.
- 8.8 High severity
Firefox: Improper Privilege Management
Privilege escalation in the Panning and Zooming component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 158, Firefox ESR 153.5, Thunderbird 158, and Thunderbird 153.5.
- 8.8 High severity
Firefox: Improper Privilege Management
Privilege escalation in the Application Update component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 158, Firefox ESR 153.5, Thunderbird 158, and Thunderbird 153.5.
- 7.1 High severity
DigiD for macOS: Improper Privilege Management
The macOS version of the DigiD app is not signed with Hardened Runtime. As a result, a local process can load its own dylib into DigiD via DYLD_INSERT_LIBRARIES. An attacker with local user-level code execution can execute arbitrary code within the macOS versi
- 8.8 High severity
erpnext: Improper Privilege Management
Frappe ERPNext before 15.111.0 and 16.x before 16.22.0 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in a record-creation endpoint that takes the record type from the request and inserts the record with permission checks disabled. Any authenticated user, inclu
- 8.8 High severity
frappe: Improper Privilege Management
Frappe before 14.81.4 and 15.x before 15.41.0 contains an improper privilege management vulnerability involving a certain document action that permits escalation from the Website User role to System Manager. Authenticated attackers with Website User access can
- 7.2 High severity
Maximo Application Suite - Location Service…: Improper Privilege Management
IBM Maximo Application Suite - Location Service for Esri Component 9.2, 9.1, and 9.0 is vulnerable to improper access control due to a schema-less Custom Resource Definition.
- 7.2 High severity
rapyd-admin: Improper Privilege Management
Rapyd Admin from 9.0.0 before 9.20.0 contains an improper privilege management vulnerability in the UsersEdit Livewire component that allows users with the edit users permission to assign themselves the admin role. Attackers holding roles such as the shipped o
- 7.8 High severity
containerd: Improper Privilege Management
containerd is an open-source container runtime. From 2.1.0 until 2.2.7 and 2.3.4, containerd's CRI CreateContainer checkpoint restore is vulnerable because CRIU restores process security state from checkpoint data instead of enforcing the destination Container
- 8.8 High severity
Db2: Improper Privilege Management
IBM Db2 11.5.0 through 11.5.9, and 12.1.0 through 12.1.5 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges due to improper privilege management.
- 7.2 High severity
grav-plugin-api: Improper Privilege Management
Grav grav-plugin-api before 1.0.36 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows delegated user managers to obtain super-admin access by storing positive scalar admin or api parent grants. Attackers with api.users.write can edit account access maps
- 9.6 Critical severity
MarkLogic Server: Improper Privilege Management
Progress MarkLogic Server 12.x releases before 12.1.0 and 11.x releases before 11.3.7 allow a remote attacker with delegated database-administrator privileges to perform backup or restore operations on forests outside the authorized database scope, which could
- 9.9 Critical severity
MarkLogic Server: Improper Privilege Management
Progress MarkLogic Server 12.x releases before 12.1.0 and 11.x releases before 11.3.7 allow a remote attacker with query-execution access to invoke an XQuery evaluation function without the additional required evaluation privilege, which could result in server
- 8.6 High severity
MarkLogic Server: Improper Privilege Management
Progress MarkLogic Server 12.x releases before 12.1.0 and 11.x releases before 11.3.7 can evaluate user-controlled values supplied to certain higher-order XQuery functions in an elevated security context, which could result in privilege escalation beyond the a
- 8.5 High severity
MarkLogic Server: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
Progress MarkLogic Server 12.x releases before 12.1.0 and 11.x releases before 11.3.7 contain privileged legacy InfoStudio modules that do not sufficiently validate user-controlled file paths and user-context values. Exploitation could result in unauthorized a
- 8.4 High severity
MarkLogic Server: Improper Privilege Management
Progress MarkLogic Server 12.x releases before 12.1.0 and 11.x releases before 11.3.7 contain an authorization flaw that could allow a remote attacker with administrative privileges to access authentication material associated with higher-privileged users, pot
- 9.9 Critical severity
MarkLogic Server: Improper Privilege Management
Progress MarkLogic Server 12.x releases before 12.1.0 and 11.x releases before 11.3.7 contain an XQuery injection flaw in a deprecated Management API package path. A remote attacker with manage-user-level privileges could exploit this flaw to obtain persistent
- 9.9 Critical severity
MarkLogic Server: Improper Privilege Management
Progress MarkLogic Server 12.x releases before 12.1.0 and 11.x releases before 11.3.7 contain an authorization flaw in certain forest-management operations. A remote attacker with forest-management privileges could exploit this flaw to create a persistent unau
- 7.2 High severity
Crowdfundly: Improper Privilege Management
The Crowdfundly WordPress plugin through 2.2.2 does not have capability checks on some of its AJAX actions, allowing users holding one of its own low privileged roles to grant themselves the administrator role or arbitrary capabilities, leading to a full site
- 9.8 Critical severity
AI Content Generator Marketing: Improper Privilege Management
The AI Content Generator Marketing WordPress plugin through 1.0.0 does not enforce a nonce or capability check on some of its AJAX actions, allowing unauthenticated users to update and delete arbitrary WordPress options, which can be used to gain administrator
- 7.2 High severity
Envira Gallery: Improper Privilege Management
The Envira Gallery WordPress plugin before 1.16.2 does not verify that a user holds the capability WordPress reserves for installing Envira Gallery WordPress plugin before 1.16.2 code before processing its setup-wizard Envira Gallery WordPress plugin before 1.
- 8.8 High severity
Mobile builder: Improper Privilege Management
The Mobile builder WordPress plugin through 1.4.2 does not properly restrict which user meta keys a logged-in user can update through one of its REST routes, allowing any user with a self-registered account, such as a customer, to grant themselves the administ
- 8.1 High severity
SMS Alert: Improper Privilege Management
The SMS Alert WordPress plugin before 4.0.3 does not bind the account whose password is being changed to the phone number that was actually verified during its OTP password reset, allowing unauthenticated attackers to set a new password on an arbitrary account
- 8.1 High severity
Groundhogg — CRM, Newsletters, and Marketing…: Improper Privilege Management
The Groundhogg — CRM, Newsletters, and Marketing Automation plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 4.8.3 via the `create_support_user()` function. This is due to the function identifying the support acc