Improper Authorization
CWE-285
The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.
We track 535 vulnerabilities of this type. 100% are rated high or critical, and the average CVSS score is 8.4. 2 have been exploited in real attacks.
How this weakness is prevented
- 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) 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.
- Architecture and Design: Ensure that you perform access control checks related to your business logic. These checks may be different than the access control checks that you apply 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.
- 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 and the OWASP ESAPI Access Control feature.
- 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.
- 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.
Latest Improper Authorization vulnerabilities
- 8.8 High severity
Pet Grooming Management Software: Incorrect Privilege Assignment
A vulnerability was detected in SourceCodester Pet Grooming Management Software 1.0. Impacted is an unknown function of the file /admin/operation/user.php of the component User Management. Performing a manipulation of the argument group_id results in improper
- 8.8 High severity
SalesERP: Incorrect Privilege Assignment
A vulnerability has been found in Bdtask SalesERP up to 20260116. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Administrative Endpoint. Such manipulation of the argument ci_session leads to improper authorization. The attack may be performed fro
- 8.8 High severity
Hospital Management System: Incorrect Privilege Assignment
A security flaw has been discovered in PHPGurukul Hospital Management System 1.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /hms/hospital/docappsystem/adminviews.py of the component Admin Dashboard Page. Performing a manipulation results
- 7.1 High severity
podman-desktop: Improper Authorization
Podman Desktop is a graphical tool for developing on containers and Kubernetes. A critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Podman Desktop prior to version 1.25.1 allows any extension to completely circumvent permission checks and gain unauthorized acces
- 8.2 High severity
Apache Solr: Improper Authorization
Deployments of Apache Solr 5.3.0 through 9.10.0 that rely on Solr's "Rule Based Authorization Plugin" are vulnerable to allowing unauthorized access to certain Solr APIs, due to insufficiently strict input validation in those components. Only deployments that
- 8.8 High severity
MineAdmin: Incorrect Privilege Assignment
A vulnerability was identified in MineAdmin 1.x/2.x. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file /system/cache/view of the component View Interface. The manipulation leads to improper authorization. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely
- 8.8 High severity
News Portal: Incorrect Privilege Assignment
A vulnerability was identified in PHPGurukul News Portal 1.0. The affected element is an unknown function of the file /admin/add-subadmins.php of the component Add Sub-Admin Page. Such manipulation leads to improper authorization. The attack can be launched re
- 8.1 High severity
PublicCMS: Incorrect Privilege Assignment
A vulnerability was found in Sanluan PublicCMS up to 5.202506.d. Affected is the function delete of the file publiccms-trade/src/main/java/com/publiccms/controller/web/trade/TradeAddressController.java of the component Trade Address Deletion Endpoint. Performi
- 9.9 Critical severity
LibreChat: Improper Authorization
LibreChat is a ChatGPT clone with additional features. Prior to v0.8.2-rc2, LibreChat's MCP stdio transport accepts arbitrary commands without validation, allowing any authenticated user to execute shell commands as root inside the container through a single A
- 8.8 High severity
rustfs: Incorrect Authorization
RustFS is a distributed object storage system built in Rust. Prior to version 1.0.0-alpha.79, he `ImportIam` admin API validates permissions using `ExportIAMAction` instead of `ImportIAMAction`, allowing a principal with export-only IAM permissions to perform
- 9.1 Critical severity
opencti: Incorrect Authorization
OpenCTI is an open source platform for managing cyber threat intelligence knowledge and observables. Prior to version 6.8.1, the GraphQL mutation "WorkspacePopoverDeletionMutation" allows users to delete workspace-related objects such as dashboards and investi
- 8.8 High severity
warehouse: Incorrect Privilege Assignment
A weakness has been identified in yeqifu warehouse up to aaf29962ba407d22d991781de28796ee7b4670e4. This affects the function saveUserRole of the file warehouse\src\main\java\com\yeqifu\sys\controller\UserController.java of the component Request Handler. This m
- 7.5 High severity
JeecgBoot: Incorrect Authorization
A weakness has been identified in JeecgBoot up to 3.9.0. Affected by this vulnerability is the function getPositionUserList of the file /sys/position/getPositionUserList. This manipulation of the argument positionId causes improper authorization. The attack ma
- 8.1 High severity
youlai-mall: Incorrect Authorization
A security flaw has been discovered in youlaitech youlai-mall 1.0.0/2.0.0. This affects the function deductBalance of the file mall-ums/ums-boot/src/main/java/com/youlai/mall/ums/controller/app/MemberController.java of the component Balance Handler. The manipu
- 8.8 High severity
fastapi-users: Improper Authorization
FastAPI Users allows users to quickly add a registration and authentication system to their FastAPI project. Prior to version 15.0.2, the OAuth login state tokens are completely stateless and carry no per-request entropy or any data that could link them to the
- 9.8 Critical severity
PimpMyLog: Improper Authorization
PimpMyLog 1.7.14 contains an improper access control vulnerability that allows remote attackers to create admin accounts without authorization through the configuration endpoint. Attackers can exploit the unsanitized username field to inject malicious JavaScri
- 7.5 High severity
Online Student Clearance System: Incorrect Privilege Assignment
A vulnerability was determined in SourceCodester Online Student Clearance System 1.0. The affected element is an unknown function of the file /Admin/delete-fee.php of the component Fee Table Handler. Executing manipulation of the argument ID can lead to improp
- 8.1 High severity
mall-swarm: Incorrect Authorization
A security vulnerability has been detected in macrozheng mall-swarm up to 1.0.3. Affected is the function delete of the file /member/readHistory/delete. Such manipulation of the argument ids leads to improper authorization. The attack can be executed remotely.
- 9.8 Critical severity
Terminalfour: Improper Authorization
In Terminalfour 8 through 8.4.1.1, the userLevel parameter in the user management function is not subject to proper server-side authorization checks. A Power User can intercept and modify this parameter to assign the Administrator role to other existing lower-
- 9.6 Critical severity
grav: Improper Authorization
Grav is a file-based Web platform. Prior to 1.8.0-beta.27, due to improper authorization checks when modifying critical fields on a POST request to /admin/pages/{page_name}, an editor with only permissions to change basic content on the form is now able to cha
- 8.8 High severity
orion-ops: Incorrect Privilege Assignment
A flaw has been found in orionsec orion-ops up to 5925824997a3109651bbde07460958a7be249ed1. Affected by this vulnerability is the function update of the file orion-ops-api/orion-ops-web/src/main/java/cn/orionsec/ops/controller/UserController.java of the compon
- 9.8 Critical severity
NutzBoot: Incorrect Authorization
A security vulnerability has been detected in nutzam NutzBoot up to 2.6.0-SNAPSHOT. This impacts an unknown function of the file nutzboot-demo/nutzboot-demo-simple/nutzboot-demo-simple-web3j/src/main/java/io/nutz/demo/simple/module/EthModule.java of the compon
- 8.1 High severity
oneuptime: Improper Authorization
OneUptime is a solution for monitoring and managing online services. In version 9.0.5598, a low-permission user can create new accounts through a direct API request instead of being restricted to the intended interface. This issue has been patched in version 9
- 8.8 High severity
Project Contract Management: Improper Authorization
The Primakon Pi Portal 1.0.18 API /api/V2/pp_udfv_admin endpoint, fails to perform necessary server-side validation. The administrative LoginAs or user impersonation feature is vulnerable to a access control failure. This flaw allows any authenticated low-priv
- 9.8 Critical severity
Project Contract Management: Improper Authorization
Primakon Pi Portal 1.0.18 API endpoints fail to enforce sufficient authorization checks when processing requests. Specifically, a standard user can exploit this flaw by sending direct HTTP requests to administrative endpoints, bypassing the UI restrictions. Th
- 8.8 High severity
Project Contract Management: Improper Authorization
The Primakon Pi Portal 1.0.18 /api/V2/pp_users?email endpoint is used for user data filtering but lacks proper server-side validation against the authenticated session. By manipulating the email parameter to an arbitrary value (e.g., [email protected]), an at
- 8.8 High severity
Blog Site: Incorrect Privilege Assignment
A vulnerability was detected in code-projects Blog Site 1.0. The affected element is an unknown function of the file /admin.php. Performing manipulation results in improper authorization. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit is now publi
- 8.8 High severity
openfga: Improper Authorization
OpenFGA is a high-performance and flexible authorization/permission engine built for developers and inspired by Google Zanzibar. OpenFGA v1.4.0 to v1.11.0 ( openfga-0.1.34 <= Helm chart <= openfga-0.2.48, v.1.4.0 <= docker <= v.1.11.0) are vulnerable to improp
- 8.8 High severity
WBCE_CMS: Incorrect Privilege Assignment
WBCE CMS is a content management system. Prior to version 1.6.4, a low-privileged user in WBCE CMS can escalate their privileges to the Administrators group by manipulating the groups[] parameter in the /admin/users/save.php request. The UI restricts users to
- 8.1 High severity
rallly: Improper Authorization
Rallly is an open-source scheduling and collaboration tool. Prior to version 4.5.4, an authorization flaw in the poll management feature allows any authenticated user to pause or resume any poll, regardless of ownership. The system only uses the public pollId
- 7.1 High severity
rallly: Improper Authorization
Rallly is an open-source scheduling and collaboration tool. Prior to version 4.5.4, an authorization flaw in the comment deletion API allows any authenticated user to delete comments belonging to other users, including poll owners and administrators. The endpo
- 8.1 High severity
rallly: Improper Authorization
Rallly is an open-source scheduling and collaboration tool. Prior to version 4.5.4, an insecure direct object reference (IDOR) vulnerability allows any authenticated user to delete arbitrary participants from polls without ownership verification. The endpoint
- 9.1 Critical severity
rallly: Improper Authorization
Rallly is an open-source scheduling and collaboration tool. Prior to version 4.5.4, an Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) vulnerability exists in the poll finalization feature of the application. Any authenticated user can finalize a poll they do not own
- 9.8 Critical severity
Wolf1ms Firmware: Improper Access Control
The Axel Technology WOLF1MS and WOLF2MS devices (firmware versions 0.8.5 to 1.0.3) are vulnerable to Broken Access Control due to missing authentication on the /cgi-bin/gstFcgi.fcgi endpoint. Unauthenticated remote attackers can list user accounts, create new
- 8.8 High severity
filebrowser: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
File Browser provides a file managing interface within a specified directory and it can be used to upload, delete, preview, rename and edit files. Versions prior to 2.45.1 have an Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) vulnerability in the FileBrowser applica
- 8.1 High severity
Astra Security Suite – Firewall & Malware Scan: Improper Authorization
The Astra Security Suite – Firewall & Malware Scan plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to insufficient validation of remote URLs for zip downloads and an easily guessable key in all versions up to, and including, 0.2. This makes it
- 9.6 Critical severity
Pig: Improper Authorization
In pig-mesh In Pig version 3.8.2 and below, within the Token Management function under the System Management module, the token query interface (/api/admin/sys-token/page) has an improper permission verification issue, which leads to information leakage. This i
- 8.8 High severity
IDonate – Blood Donation, Request And Donor…: Improper Authorization
The IDonate – Blood Donation, Request And Donor Management System plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to a missing capability check on the idonate_donor_password() function in versions 2.1.5 to 2.1.9. This makes it possible for authe
- 8.8 High severity
Pharmacy Management System: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
A vulnerability was detected in Bdtask Pharmacy Management System up to 9.4. Affected is an unknown function of the file /user/edit_user/ of the component User Profile Handler. Performing manipulation results in authorization bypass. Remote exploitation of the
- 8.1 High severity
Client Details System: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
A security flaw has been discovered in code-projects Client Details System 1.0. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation results in authorization bypass. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been released to the public and