Improper Authentication
CWE-287
When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.
We track 1,836 vulnerabilities of this type. 100% are rated high or critical, and the average CVSS score is 8.7. 52 have been exploited in real attacks.
How this weakness is prevented
- Architecture and Design: Use an authentication framework or library such as the OWASP ESAPI Authentication feature.
Latest Improper Authentication vulnerabilities
- 10.0 Critical severity
rabbitmq-server: Improper Authentication
RabbitMQ is a messaging and streaming broker. Prior to 3.13.15, 4.0.20, 4.1.11, and 4.2.6, AMQP 0-9-1, AMQP 1.0, and Stream Protocol authentication can allow a loopback-restricted user such as guest to connect remotely when traffic is accepted through a truste
- 9.8 Critical severity
miniOrange Social Login and Register (Discord…: Improper Authentication
The miniOrange Social Login and Register (Discord, Google, Twitter, LinkedIn) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass leading to account takeover in versions up to and including 7.7.0. This is due to the Profile Completion flow accepting an
- 8.1 High severity
logto: Improper Authentication
Logto is the modern, open-source auth infrastructure for SaaS and AI apps. Prior to 1.41.0, Logto's Account Center step-up check accepted any active verification record that belonged to the current user and had isVerified === true. A WebAuthn registration veri
- 9.6 Critical severity
prowler: Improper Authentication
Prowler is a cloud security platform. Prior to 5.30.3, Prowler's SAML authentication flow trusted the email domain asserted in a SAMLResponse when deciding which tenant should receive the final token, and the ACS finish logic in api/src/backend/api/v1/views.py
- 7.4 High severity
zitadel: Improper Authentication
ZITADEL is an open source identity management platform. Prior to 3.4.12 and 4.15.2, ZITADEL's OAuth2 and OIDC CodeExchange, RefreshToken, and device token flows fail to verify that the requesting client matches the client that initiated the authorization flow,
- 8.3 High severity
9router: Improper Authentication
9Router is an AI router & token saver. Prior to 0.5.2, 9router treats loopback requests as trusted and allows /v1/* access without an API key, so a same-host reverse proxy that forwards public traffic to the backend through 127.0.0.1 causes src/dashboardGuard.
- 8.1 High severity
LoginPress Pro: Improper Authentication
The LoginPress Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to and including 6.2.3 via the Spotify Social Login addon. This is due to the loginpress_on_spotify_login() function trusting the unverified 'email' field returned by
- 8.1 High severity
LoginPress Pro: Improper Authentication
The LoginPress Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass via the GitHub OAuth callback in versions up to, and including, 6.2.3. The vulnerability exists in the loginpress_on_github_login() function, which blindly trusts the first element
- 8.1 High severity
LoginPress Pro: Improper Authentication
The LoginPress Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass via Unverified OAuth Email in all versions up to and including 6.2.3. The vulnerability exists in the loginpress_on_discord_login() Discord OAuth callback handler, which accepts the
- 8.1 High severity
openfga: Improper Authentication
OpenFGA is an authorization/permission engine built for developers. Prior to 1.18.0, OpenFGA's OIDC authenticator skipped JWT audience validation when authn.method was set to oidc, authn.oidc.issuer was configured, and authn.oidc.audience was not set, allowing
- 8.0 High severity
open-webui: Improper Authentication
Open WebUI is an extensible, feature-rich, and user-friendly self-hosted AI platform. Prior to 0.10.0, backend/open_webui/routers/terminals.py built the ws_terminal upstream URL from an unencoded session_id and appended user_id as a query parameter, allowing q
- 7.4 High severity
CoreWCF: Improper Authentication
CoreWCF is a port of the service side of Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) to .NET Core. Prior to 1.8.1 and 1.9.1, CoreWCF SAML token validation does not enforce SubjectConfirmation method URIs or holder-of-key proof keys in SamlSecurityTokenHandler, allo
- 8.2 High severity
BerriAI LiteLLM Improper Authentication Exploited
LiteLLM is a proxy server (AI Gateway) to call LLM APIs in OpenAI (or native) format. Prior to 1.84.0, LiteLLM's MCP Streamable HTTP endpoint allowed an unauthenticated attacker to use a fabricated Authorization header to trigger an OAuth2 passthrough fallback
- 8.8 High severity
nats-server: Improper Authentication
NATS Server is a high-performance server for NATS.io, the cloud and edge native messaging system. Prior to 2.14.0, 2.12.7, and 2.11.16, when no_auth_user was configured, a parser fast path intended for ordinary client connections could also apply to route or l
- 9.8 Critical severity
DELMIA Apriso: Improper Authentication
An Improper Authentication vulnerability affecting DELMIA Apriso from Release 2020 through Release 2026 could allow an attacker to gain privileged access to the server.
- 7.4 High severity
coder: Improper Authentication
Coder allows organizations to provision remote development environments via Terraform. Prior to versions 2.29.7, 2.32.7, 2.33.8, and 2.34.2, Coder's OIDC callback checked `email_verified` with a direct Go `bool` type assertion. When an IdP returned the claim a
- 7.4 High severity
coder: Improper Authentication
Coder allows organizations to provision remote development environments via Terraform. Prior to versions 2.29.7, 2.32.7, 2.33.8, and 2.34.2, two flaws in Coder's OIDC login chained into account takeover. Email-based user matching fell back to linking by email
- 9.8 Critical severity
PowerProtect Data Domain: Improper Authentication
Dell PowerProtect Data Domain, versions 7.7.1.0 through 8.7, LTS2026 release version 8.6.1.0 through 8.6.1.10, LTS2025 release version 8.3.1.0 through 8.3.1.30, LTS2024 release versions 7.13.1.0 through 7.13.1.70 an improper authentication vulnerability. An un
- 7.5 High severity
Genetec Security Center: Improper Authentication
A flaw in the authentication mechanism for video stream requests in Genetec Security Center 5.14.0.0 prior to build 5.14.178.18 may allow an unauthenticated attacker to access live video streams.
- 9.8 Critical severity
Remote Support: Improper Authentication
A critical pre-authentication vulnerability exists in the authentication subsystem of BeyondTrust Remote Support. Improper processing of authentication requests may allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to bypass access controls and gain unauthorized access
- 8.1 High severity
Remote Support: Improper Authentication
A critical pre-authentication vulnerability exists in the authentication subsystem of BeyondTrust Remote Support and Privileged Remote Access. Improper validation of authentication data may allow a network-positioned attacker to bypass access controls and gain
- 9.8 Critical severity
Apache Camel Keycloak: Improper Authentication
Improper Authentication, Missing Authentication for Critical Function, Not Failing Securely ('Failing Open') vulnerability in Apache Camel Keycloak Component. The KeycloakSecurityPolicy of camel-keycloak guards a route by running KeycloakSecurityProcessor.befo
- 8.3 High severity
hestiacp: Improper Authentication
HestiaCP panel cronjob feature is affected by a broken access control vulnerability. Low privilege users can modify the panel cronjob to execute scripts HestiaCP management scripts with passwordless sudo. This could result in the takeover of administrator user
- 7.3 High severity
restaurant-website-php-mysql: Improper Authentication
A vulnerability was found in jairiidriss restaurant-website-php-mysql up to 521428b5b612449df0cf4a5d15ee40cba67f3d35. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /admin/ajax_files of the component AJAX Endpoint. Performing a manipulation results in mis
- 9.4 Critical severity
fast-mcp-telegram: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
fast-mcp-telegram is a Telegram MCP Server. Prior to 0.19.1, fast-mcp-telegram validates HTTP Bearer tokens by joining the raw token string into a session-file path. The verifier rejects the exact reserved token telegram, but it does not reject path separators
- 8.7 High severity
module-auth: Improper Authentication
@acastellon/auth is an authentication control system for microservices. Versions prior to 2.3.0 appear to allow an unauthenticated authentication bypass in validateToken() through spoofable auth-user and Host request headers. The validateToken middleware conta
- 9.8 Critical severity
SMS Alert – SMS & OTP for WooCommerce, Order…: Improper Authentication
The SMS Alert – SMS & OTP for WooCommerce, Order Notifications & Abandoned Cart Recovery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 3.9.5. This is due to the plugin not properly validat
- 7.5 High severity
Capgo: Improper Authentication
Capgo before 12.128.2 contains a NULL-auth bypass vulnerability in the public.get_org_user_access_rbac function that allows unauthenticated attackers to retrieve RBAC role bindings and member email addresses. Attackers can exploit improper NULL comparison in t
- 9.1 Critical severity
Langflow OSS: Improper Authentication
IBM Langflow OSS 1.0.0 through 1.9.6 contains a missing authentication vulnerability in /api/v1/build_public_tmp/ endpoints that allows an unauthenticated attacker to read build event data or cancel jobs using a valid job identifier, resulting in information d
- 7.5 High severity
coolify: Improper Authentication
Coolify is an open-source and self-hostable tool for managing servers, applications, and databases. Prior to 4.0.0-beta.474, the HMAC key is the application's manual_webhook_secret_github field, which is used by Coolify's webhook endpoints to validate incoming
- 7.3 High severity
CMS: Improper Authentication
A vulnerability was found in Feehi CMS up to 2.1.1. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /api/articles of the component REST API Endpoint. Performing a manipulation results in missing authentication. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exp
- 10.0 Critical severity
Kestra OSS OS Command Injection Exploited
Kestra is an open-source, event-driven orchestration platform. Prior to 1.0.45 and 1.3.21, AuthenticationFilter in Kestra OSS uses request.getPath().endsWith("/configs") to whitelist the public configuration endpoint from Basic Auth. Because the check is a suf
- 7.5 High severity
wolfSSL: Improper Authentication
Missing SNI/ALPN binding on stateful (session-ID) resumption, which previously skipped the binding check performed for ticket-based resumption. A cached session could be resumed under a different SNI/ALPN than originally negotiated and, where client-authentica
- 9.1 Critical severity
filebrowser: Improper Authentication
File Browser is a file managing interface for uploading, deleting, previewing, renaming, and editing files within a specified directory. Starting with 2.0.0-rc.1, when FileBrowser is configured with proxy authentication (auth.method=proxy), any unauthenticated
- 7.4 High severity
Rocket.Chat: Improper Authentication
Rocket.Chat is an open-source, secure, fully customizable communications platform. Prior to 8.5.1, 8.4.4, 8.3.6, 8.2.6, 8.1.6, 8.0.7, and 7.10.13, Rocket.Chat's Apple Sign-In handler verifies JWT signatures but skips claims validation. Any Apple-signed JWT wit
- 9.3 Critical severity
Rocket.Chat: Improper Authentication
Rocket.Chat is an open-source, secure, fully customizable communications platform. Prior to 8.5.1, 8.4.4, 8.3.6, 8.2.6, 8.1.6, 8.0.7, and 7.10.13, in apps/meteor/app/apple/server/loginHandler.ts, handleIdentityToken parses a JWT issued by Apple during the OAut
- 9.1 Critical severity
Capgo: Improper Authentication
Capgo before 12.128.2 contains a broken authentication vulnerability in its API key generation mechanism. API keys are exposed in frontend requests, and the backend fails to validate that keys are securely generated and bound to the authenticated user. An atta
- 8.7 High severity
Capgo: Improper Authentication
Capgo before 12.128.2 contains a cross-domain SSO account takeover vulnerability in the provision-user endpoint that allows attackers to merge arbitrary victim accounts based on email match without validating SSO provider domain authorization. An attacker with
- 7.8 High severity
Red Hat Satellite 6.18: Improper Authentication
A flaw was found in the foreman-mcp-server. A session management vulnerability in the MCP Server allows unauthenticated attackers to hijack active administrative sessions due to an improper cache of authenticated client connections, by trusting a non-secret se
- 8.4 High severity
daytona: Improper Authentication
Daytona is a secure and elastic infrastructure runtime for AI-generated code execution and agent workflows. Prior to 0.184.0, organization invitations could be accepted (and declined) by a user whose email matched the invitation but had not been verified. Dayt