Missing Authorization
CWE-862
The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.
We track 2,825 vulnerabilities of this type. 100% are rated high or critical, and the average CVSS score is 8.3. 13 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 access control checks are performed related to the business logic. These checks may be different than the access control checks that are applied 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 Missing Authorization vulnerabilities
- 8.6 High severity
MISP: Improper Access Control
MISP contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in the tag collection creation and editing functionality. The affected actions accepted the full HTTP request payload and passed it to a bulk-association save operation, which writes not only the intended tag
- 8.1 High severity
Fireware OS: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
A missing authorization vulnerability in the wgagent management daemon's session initialization function allows an authenticated, low-privileged user (including a read-only or guest administrator account) to crash the wgagent process and read arbitrary files a
- 8.1 High severity
Fireware OS: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
A missing authorization vulnerability in the wgagent management daemon's session initialization function allows an authenticated, low-privileged user (including a read-only or guest administrator account) to crash the wgagent process and read arbitrary files a
- 8.1 High severity
Chrome: Missing Authorization
Missing authorization in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 154.0.8037.57 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to bypass site isolation via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)
- 8.4 High severity
Chrome: Missing Authorization
Missing authorization in WebView in Google Chrome on on Android prior to 154.0.8037.57 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to bypass web origin policy via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)
- 8.4 High severity
Chrome: Missing Authorization
Missing authorization in WakeLock in Google Chrome prior to 154.0.8037.57 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to bypass system access restrictions via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Low)
- 9.1 Critical severity
Mediawiki - TemplateSandbox Extension: Missing Authorization
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - TemplateSandbox Extension allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs. This issue affects Mediawiki - TemplateSandbox Extension: from * before 1.46.1, 1.45.5, 1.43.10.
- 8.1 High severity
Apache Polaris: Missing Authorization
Apache Polaris allows an authenticated principal with permission to create or update Iceberg table properties to set FileIO client settings such as s3.endpoint in table metadata. In versions < 1.8.0, when Polaris performs server-side Iceberg operations, includ
- 8.8 High severity
Qorela DC: Missing Authorization
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Interprobe Information Technologies Inc. Qorela DC allows Privilege Abuse. This issue affects Qorela DC: from 1.6.1-RC29 before v1.6.2.
- 8.8 High severity
Apache Karaf: Missing Authorization
Apache Karaf exposes a JMX MBeanServer guarded by KarafMBeanServerGuard, which enforces role-based access control (RBAC) on MBean operations invoked over the remote JMX connector (RMI registry/server, enabled by default on ports 1099 and 44444). The guard is i
- 9.8 Critical severity
Apache Karaf: Missing Authorization
The jdbc shell command scope shipped no org.apache.karaf.command.acl.jdbc.cfg. Karaf's command guard (SecuredSessionFactoryImpl) treats a command with no matching ACL rule as allowed, so any authenticated shell session (including one holding only the viewer ro
- 7.3 High severity
REBUILD: Missing Authorization
A security flaw has been discovered in REBUILD up to 4.4.11. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /commons/file-editor-save. The manipulation of the argument url/fileKey results in missing authorization. It is possible to launch the attack remot
- 9.1 Critical severity
bluehood: Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality
Bluehood monitors local bluetooth activity. Prior to version 0.7.1, when auth_enabled is set in Bluehood, only the HTML page handlers enforced session validation. The /api/* handlers (settings, devices, groups, per-device endpoints including /api/device/{mac}/
- 8.7 High severity
WarehousePG: Missing Authorization
WarehousePG (WHPG) 7.x before 7.6.0-WHPG is affected by a missing authorization vulnerability (CWE-862) in the built-in server-side file functions pg_file_write(text,text,bool), pg_file_rename(text,text,text), pg_file_unlink(text), and pg_logdir_ls(). These fu
- 9.9 Critical severity
Apache Roller: Missing Authorization
Missing Authorization in Apache Roller 6.1.5 allows an authenticated user to read, modify, or delete weblog content belonging to other weblogs through the legacy XML-RPC Blogger and MetaWeblog APIs, because the handlers authenticate the caller but do not verif
- 10.0 Critical severity
NBR100V2: Missing Authorization
A vulnerability was determined in Netcore NBR100V2 1.3.240614.030928. This affects the function uci.apply of the file /usr/share/rpcd/acl.d/unauthenticated.json of the component ACL Handler. This manipulation of the argument section causes missing authorizatio
- 7.2 High severity
Malcure Malware Shield — Removal, Repair…: Missing Authorization
The Malcure Malware Shield — Removal, Repair, Monitor WordPress plugin before 19.9.7 does not perform an authorisation check on one of its AJAX actions, allowing users with a subsite administrator role on a multisite network to write and delete arbitrary files
- 7.3 High severity
Coolify: Missing Authorization
A flaw has been found in coollabsio Coolify up to 4.1.2. The affected element is an unknown function of the file app/Http/Middleware/CanUpdateResource.php of the component Route-Level Middleware. Executing a manipulation can lead to missing authorization. The
- 8.8 High severity
capgo.app: Missing Authorization
Cap-go capgo.app fails to validate that principals in channel_permission_overrides belong to the organization, allowing authenticated app/org admins to grant channel permissions to non-member users. Attackers with admin privileges can insert override rows with
- 8.3 High severity
Flowise: Missing Authorization
Flowise through 3.1.4 does not enforce authorization on the BullMQ admin dashboard. When the server runs in queue mode with the dashboard enabled and not in cloud mode (MODE=queue, ENABLE_BULLMQ_DASHBOARD=true, and !isCloud()), the /admin/queues mount is prote
- 7.1 High severity
Flowise: Missing Authorization
Flowise through 3.1.4 contains missing route-level RBAC checks on chat message endpoints that allow low-privileged API keys to read and delete chat history. Attackers with valid but low-privileged API keys can access GET and DELETE chat message routes without
- 7.5 High severity
Testimonials Widget: Missing Authorization
The Testimonials Widget WordPress plugin through 4.0.4 does not perform a capability or ownership check when handling its front-end testimonial submission form, allowing unauthenticated users to modify or create arbitrary posts, including overwriting the title
- 8.8 High severity
OpenClaw: Missing Authorization
OpenClaw versions before 2026.7.1 fail to properly authorize non-owner users executing MCP configuration changes through /mcp set and /mcp unset commands. Attackers can persist arbitrary stdio MCP commands that execute with OpenClaw process privileges when con
- 8.8 High severity
OpenClaw: Missing Authorization
OpenClaw versions before 2026.7.1 fail to properly validate owner authorization in the Codex computer-use installation command. Non-owner channel senders can install arbitrary plugins and execute MCP processes with OpenClaw user privileges, affecting host conf
- 8.0 High severity
OpenClaw: Missing Authorization
OpenClaw (npm package `openclaw`) before 2026.7.1 fails to enforce the owner-only authorization requirement for Claude Code permission prompts delivered through the MCP channel bridge. An authorized non-owner channel sender with channel command access can appr
- 8.8 High severity
slack: Missing Authorization
OpenClaw Slack versions before 2026.8.1 fail to properly enforce sender allowlists in multi-person direct messages. Disallowed participants can trigger Slack agents and access tools and data granted to those agents by bypassing configured sender policies.
- 8.8 High severity
voice-call: Missing Authorization
openclaw's @openclaw/voice-call package before 2026.8.1 launches the configured agent for classic inbound voice calls without propagating the caller's identity or non-owner status. As a result, owner-only tool filtering can fail open and expose the agent's nor
- 8.1 High severity
whatsapp: Missing Authorization
@openclaw/whatsapp (npm) before 2026.8.1 exposes the WhatsApp login tool through the generic channel-tool path without preserving the originating sender's owner status, so the owner-only tool boundary is not enforced. An admitted non-owner sender able to steer
- 7.1 High severity
glpi: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
GLPI is a free asset and IT management software package. From 11.0.5 until 11.0.8, under certain conditions, permission logic can grant access to a document without confirming that the document is linked to the targeted item. A user can use an unrelated item t
- 7.5 High severity
glpi: Missing Authorization
GLPI is a free asset and IT management software package. From 0.70 until 10.0.26 and 11.0.8, a technician can manipulate the authtype value through the API to change another user's authentication method. Under configurations using the legacy API REST interface
- 7.1 High severity
rabbitmq-server: Missing Authorization
RabbitMQ is a messaging and streaming broker. From 3.13.0 until 4.3.3, 4.2.9 , 4.1.14, 4.0.24, and 3.13.18, Federation upstream in RabbitMQ skips vhost authorization allowing cross-vhost message access. what the bug lets you do. A policymaker on one vhost read
- 7.1 High severity
rabbitmq-server: Missing Authorization
RabbitMQ is a messaging and streaming broker. From 4.0.0 until 4.3.3 and 4.2.9 and 4.1.14 and 4.0.23, Incomplete fix for CVE-2026-44838: escaperegexchar/1 does not escape -, leaving room for an MQTT topic permission bypass. the CVE-2026-44838 fix made expandto
- 7.1 High severity
zammad: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
Zammad is a web based open source helpdesk/customer support system. Prior to 7.0.2, summary An issue with permission checks in the knowledge base management area has been identified. Under certain conditions, data validation for linked items was not fully enfo
- 8.4 High severity
akia: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
Insecure Direct Object Reference / missing object-level authorization in the Akia keyless entry cloud service. The unlock action is relying on a client-supplied room/door identifier that is not properly authorized server-side against the authenticated guest's
- 8.1 High severity
Modula Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video…: Missing Authorization
The Modula Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation in the upload_image function in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.2. This makes it possible for au
- 7.5 High severity
Modula Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video…: Missing Authorization
The Modula Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized disclosure of private gallery contents in versions up to, and including, 3.0.1. This is due to the Modula_Meta::add_metas() function being hooked to wp_hea
- 9.1 Critical severity
Customer Reviews for WooCommerce: Missing Authorization
The Customer Reviews for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 5.120.0. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possib
- 9.3 Critical severity
ServiceNow AI Platform: Missing Authorization
ServiceNow has remediated a missing authorization vulnerability that was identified in the ServiceNow AI Platform. This vulnerability could enable an unauthenticated user, in certain circumstances, to extract instance data beyond what was intended, resulting i
- 8.4 High severity
ServiceNow AI Platform: Missing Authorization
ServiceNow has remediated an authorization bypass security issue that was identified in the ServiceNow AI Platform. This security issue, if exploited, could enable an authenticated user to access data within the ServiceNow AI Platform that the user otherwise w
- 7.1 High severity
TREK: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
TREK is a collaborative travel planner. Prior to 3.3.0, the DELETE /api/trips/:tripId/collab/notes/:noteId/files/:fileId endpoint authorizes an authenticated user against the attacker-controlled tripId but deleteNoteFile in server/src/services/collabService.ts