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
- 7.5 High severity
Customer Email Verification for WooCommerce: Improper Authentication
The Customer Email Verification for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 2.9.5. This is due to the presence of a shortcode that will generate a confirmation link with a placeholder email.
- 9.8 Critical severity
Unified SecOps Platform: Improper Authentication
Logsign Unified SecOps Platform Authentication Bypass Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to bypass authentication on affected installations of Logsign Unified SecOps Platform. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.
- 8.8 High severity
W18e Firmware: Improper Authentication
Tenda W18E V16.01.0.8(1625) suffers from authentication bypass in the web management portal allowing an unauthorized remote attacker to gain administrative access by sending a specially crafted HTTP request.
- 9.2 Critical severity
pam_pkcs11: Improper Authentication
PAM-PKCS#11 is a Linux-PAM login module that allows a X.509 certificate based user login. Prior to version 0.6.13, if cert_policy is set to none (the default value), then pam_pkcs11 will only check if the user is capable of logging into the token. An attacker
- 9.8 Critical severity
DHP-W310AV: Authentication Bypass by Spoofing
A vulnerability has been found in D-Link DHP-W310AV 1.04 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation leads to authentication bypass by spoofing. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to t
- 9.8 Critical severity
VMG4325-B10A firmware: Insufficiently Protected Credentials
**UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED** Insecure default credentials for the Telnet function in the legacy DSL CPE Zyxel VMG4325-B10A firmware version 1.00(AAFR.4)C0_20170615 could allow an attacker to log in to the management interface if the administrators have the op
- 7.5 High severity
Mall-tiny: Improper Authentication
macrozheng mall-tiny 1.0.1 suffers from Insecure Permissions. The application's JWT signing keys are hardcoded and do not change. User information is explicitly written into the JWT and used for subsequent privilege management, making it is possible to forge t
- 9.8 Critical severity
Beta10: Improper Authentication
It has been found that the Beta10 software does not provide for proper authorisation control in multiple areas of the application. This deficiency could allow a malicious actor, without authentication, to access private areas and/or areas intended for other ro
- 8.7 High severity
openobserve: Improper Privilege Management
OpenObserve is a cloud-native observability platform. A vulnerability in the user management endpoint `/api/{org_id}/users/{email_id}` allows an "Admin" role user to remove a "Root" user from the organization. This violates the intended privilege hierarchy, en
- 9.1 Critical severity
sentry: Improper Authentication
Sentry is a developer-first error tracking and performance monitoring tool. A critical vulnerability was discovered in the SAML SSO implementation of Sentry. It was reported to us via our private bug bounty program. The vulnerability allows an attacker to take
- 7.5 High severity
PowerPanel Business: Improper Authentication
A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in CyberPower PowerPanel Business (PPB) 4.11.0. An unauthenticated remote attacker can restart the ppbd.exe process via the PowerPanel Business Service Watchdog service listening on TCP port 2003. The attacker can repea
- 9.8 Critical severity
Paid Membership Subscriptions – Effortless…: Improper Authentication
The Paid Membership Subscriptions – Effortless Memberships, Recurring Payments & Content Restriction plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 2.13.7. This is due to the pms_pb_payment_redirect_link funct
- 9.9 Critical severity
SAP NetWeaver Application Server for ABAP and…: Improper Authentication
SAP NetWeaver Application Server for ABAP and ABAP Platform allows an authenticated attacker to obtain illegitimate access to the system by exploiting improper authentication checks, resulting in privilege escalation. On successful exploitation, this can resul
- 9.8 Critical severity
DRYiCE MyXalytics: Insufficiently Protected Credentials
HCL MyXalytics is affected by broken authentication. It allows attackers to compromise keys, passwords, and session tokens, potentially leading to identity theft and system control. This vulnerability arises from poor configuration, logic errors, or software b
- 9.8 Critical severity
SonicWall SonicOS SSLVPN Improper Authentication Exploited
An Improper Authentication vulnerability in the SSLVPN authentication mechanism allows a remote attacker to bypass authentication.
- 7.5 High severity
HarmonyOS: Improper Authentication
Vulnerability of improper authentication in the ANS system service module Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause features to perform abnormally.
- 9.8 Critical severity
PayU CommercePro Plugin: Improper Authentication
The PayU CommercePro Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 3.8.3. This is due to /wp-json/payu/v1/generate-user-token and /wp-json/payu/v1/get-shipping-cost REST API endpoints not properly verif
- 7.5 High severity
nicegui: Improper Authentication
NiceGUI is an easy-to-use, Python-based UI framework. Prior to 2.9.1, authenticating with NiceGUI logged in the user for all browsers, including browsers in incognito mode. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.9.1.
- 8.1 High severity
Yunfan Learning Examination System: Improper Authentication
A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Beijing Yunfan Internet Technology Yunfan Learning Examination System 1.9.2. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file src/main/java/com/yf/exam/modules/sys/user/controller/SysUse
- 8.1 High severity
AirVantage, AirVantage-Capable Devices: All…: Improper Authentication
The AirVantage platform is vulnerable to an unauthorized attacker registering previously unregistered devices on the AirVantage platform when the owner has not disabled the AirVantage Management Service on the devices or registered the device. This could enabl
- 7.5 High severity
vaultwarden: Improper Privilege Management
vaultwarden is an unofficial Bitwarden compatible server written in Rust, formerly known as bitwarden_rs. In affected versions an attacker is capable of updating or deleting groups from an organization given a few conditions: 1. The attacker has a user account
- 8.9 High severity
socialstream: Improper Authentication
Socialstream is a third-party package for Laravel Jetstream. It replaces the published authentication and profile scaffolding provided by Laravel Jetstream, with scaffolding that has support for Laravel Socialite. When linking a social account to an already au
- 9.8 Critical severity
Biagiotti Membership: Improper Authentication
The Biagiotti Membership plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.2. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying a user's identity prior to authenticating them. This makes it possible for unauth
- 7.1 High severity
djoser: Improper Authentication
Versions of the package djoser before 2.3.0 are vulnerable to Authentication Bypass when the authenticate() function fails. This is because the system falls back to querying the database directly, granting access to users with valid credentials, and eventually
- 9.8 Critical severity
Sign In With Google: Improper Authentication
The Sign In With Google plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.0. This is due to the 'authenticate_user' user function not implementing sufficient null value checks when setting the access token an
- 8.1 High severity
OAuth Single Sign On – SSO (OAuth Client): Improper Authentication
The OAuth Single Sign On – SSO (OAuth Client) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in all versions up to, and including, 6.26.3. This is due to insufficient verification on the user being returned by the social login token. This makes it
- 8.1 High severity
opencti: Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts
OpenCTI is an open-source cyber threat intelligence platform. In versions below 6.2.18, because the function to limit the rate of OTP does not exist, an attacker with valid credentials or a malicious user who commits internal fraud can break through the two-fa
- 7.2 High severity
glpi: Improper Authentication
GLPI is a free asset and IT management software package. Starting in version 0.80 and prior to version 10.0.17, an administrator with access to the sent notifications contents can take control of an account with higher privileges. Version 10.0.17 contains a pa
- 8.8 High severity
UFM Enterprise GA: Improper Authentication
NVIDIA UFM Enterprise, UFM Appliance, and UFM CyberAI contain a vulnerability where an attacker can cause an improper authentication issue by sending a malformed request through the Ethernet management interface. A successful exploit of this vulnerability migh
- 9.1 Critical severity
QTS: Improper Authentication
An improper authentication vulnerability has been reported to affect several QNAP operating system versions. If exploited, the vulnerability could allow remote attackers to compromise the security of the system. We have already fixed the vulnerability in the f
- 8.1 High severity
Pie Register - Social Sites Login (Add on): Improper Authentication
The Registration Forms – User Registration Forms, Invitation-Based Registrations, Front-end User Profile, Login Form & Content Restriction Social Sites Login plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.
- 8.1 High severity
Apache Ozone: Improper Authentication
Improper authentication of an HTTP endpoint in the S3 Gateway of Apache Ozone 1.4.0 allows any authenticated Kerberos user to revoke and regenerate the S3 secrets of any other user. This is only possible if: * ozone.s3g.secret.http.enabled is set to true. The
- 9.2 Critical severity
async-http-client: Improper Authentication
The AsyncHttpClient (AHC) library allows Java applications to easily execute HTTP requests and asynchronously process HTTP responses. When making any HTTP request, the automatically enabled and self-managed CookieStore (aka cookie jar) will silently replace ex
- 7.5 High severity
Cam v3: Improper Authentication
Wyze Cam v3 Cloud Infrastructure Improper Authentication Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Wyze Cam v3 IP cameras. Authentication is not required to
- 7.5 High severity
P-6101C firmware: Improper Authentication
**UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED** The improper authentication vulnerability in the Zyxel P-6101C ADSL modem firmware version P-6101CSA6AP_20140331 could allow an unauthenticated attacker to read some device information via a crafted HTTP HEAD method.
- 9.8 Critical severity
cobbler: Improper Authentication
Cobbler, a Linux installation server that allows for rapid setup of network installation environments, has an improper authentication vulnerability starting in version 3.0.0 and prior to versions 3.2.3 and 3.3.7. `utils.get_shared_secret()` always returns `-1`
- 9.8 Critical severity
CAS: Improper Authentication
A vulnerability was found in Apereo CAS 6.6. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the file /login?service of the component 2FA. The manipulation leads to improper authentication. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Th
- 7.5 High severity
symfony: Improper Authentication
Symphony process is a module for the Symphony PHP framework which executes commands in sub-processes. When consuming a persisted remember-me cookie, Symfony does not check if the username persisted in the database matches the username attached with the cookie,
- 8.8 High severity
Microsoft Windows Task Scheduler Privilege Escalation Exploited
Windows Task Scheduler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- 8.1 High severity
trustee: Improper Authentication
Trustee is a set of tools and components for attesting confidential guests and providing secrets to them. The ART (**Attestation Results Token**) token, generated by AS, could be manipulated by MITM attacker, but the verifier (CoCo Verification Demander like K