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
- 8.1 High severity
zitadel: Missing Authorization
ZITADEL is an open source identity management platform. Prior to 4.15.3, ZITADEL's OAuth2 Token Exchange endpoint for urn:ietf:params:oauth:grant-type:token-exchange does not verify that the subject token belongs to the requesting client or that requested scop
- 8.6 High severity
9router: Missing Authorization
9Router is an AI router & token saver. Prior to 0.5.2, 9router protects /v1, /v1beta, /api/v1, and /api/v1beta in src/dashboardGuard.js but omits /codex before next.config.mjs rewrites /codex/* to /api/v1/responses. A remote unauthenticated attacker can send r
- 7.2 High severity
GEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO: Missing Authorization
The SEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary Post Creation and Stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to, and including, 14.0.0 due to a leak of an API token and insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. Thi
- 7.5 High severity
Capgo: Missing Authorization
Capgo before 12.128.2 contains an information disclosure vulnerability in the get_orgs_v7(userid) RPC function that remains publicly invokable despite intended private access controls. Unauthenticated attackers can supply arbitrary user UUIDs to retrieve forei
- 8.0 High severity
WP Business Intelligence Lite: Missing Authorization
The WP Business Intelligence Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.0. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible fo
- 7.5 High severity
ChatHelp – Click to Chat Button, WooCommerce…: Missing Authorization
The Chat Help – Click to Chat Button & Form plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 3.1.3 via the REST API endpoints /wp-json/chat-help/v1/leads and /wp-json/chat-help/v1/leads/{id}. This is du
- 7.1 High severity
kirby: Missing Authorization
Kirby is an open-source content management system. Prior to 4.9.4 and 5.4.4, Kirby sites where a role has the pages.access permission disabled allowed authenticated users who know or guess page IDs or UUIDs to retrieve page information, including full content
- 9.0 Critical severity
open-webui: Improper Control of Generation of Code
Open WebUI is an extensible, feature-rich, and user-friendly self-hosted AI platform. Prior to 0.10.0, get_event_call delivered execute:python and execute:tool Socket.IO events to a client-supplied session_id after checking only that the session was connected,
- 8.7 High severity
Axivion: Missing Authorization
The implementation of an internal and undocumented Dashboard API endpoint (POST /api/users/~/{user}/tokens) forgot to ensure an HTTP request for creating an API Token for another user had sufficient permission to do so. Precondition for successful exploitation
- 7.2 High severity
Popup Maker – Boost Sales, Conversions…: Missing Authorization
The Popup Maker – Boost Sales, Conversions, Optins, Subscribers with the Ultimate WP Popup Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.22.0. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a
- 9.8 Critical severity
miniOrange OTP Login, Verification and SMS…: Missing Authorization
The miniOrange OTP Login, Verification and SMS Notifications plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass leading to Administrator Account Takeover in all versions up to, and including, 5.5.1. This is due to the `um_reset_password_process_hook()
- 7.7 High severity
Nomad: Missing Authorization
HashiCorp Nomad and Nomad Enterprise did not enforce the allow_privileged restriction for the Docker task driver's host namespace mode options. This may allow an authenticated job submitter to run a container in a host namespace and access information belongin
- 7.5 High severity
Capgo: Missing Authorization
Capgo before 12.128.2 allows upload-scoped API keys to modify the mutable app_versions.r2_path field through PostgREST, enabling retargeting to arbitrary R2 bundle objects. Attackers can patch r2_path to point to victim objects, soft-delete the attacker-contro
- 7.5 High severity
LatePoint – Calendar Booking Plugin for…: Missing Authorization
The LatePoint – Calendar Booking Plugin for Appointments and Events plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Improper Input Validation in all versions up to, and including, 5.4.0. This is due to the plugin's Stripe Connect payment processor accepting a client-sup
- 9.8 Critical severity
WP Learn Manager: Missing Authorization
The WP Learn Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.8. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for unauthentic
- 7.1 High severity
Cap: Missing Authorization
Cap's GET /api/video/ai endpoint fails to validate user ownership or membership before returning private video AI metadata including titles, summaries, and chapters. Authenticated attackers can supply arbitrary video IDs to read sensitive AI-generated content
- 9.1 Critical severity
cognee: Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality
Cognee before 1.2.0 contains an improper access control vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to overwrite the global LLM provider configuration by self-registering an account and calling the settings endpoint, which performs no admin or superuse
- 8.7 High severity
dataease: Missing Authorization
DataEase is an open source data visualization and analysis tool. Prior to 2.10.24, the /de2api/datasetData/previewSql endpoint lacks the mandatory @DePermit permission validation annotation, allowing any authenticated user to specify datasourceId=-1, access th
- 7.2 High severity
actual: Missing Authorization
Actual is an open-source personal finance application. Prior to 26.7.0, a missing authorization issue allows a shared user with user_access on a budget file to perform owner-only file management actions. A non-owner shared user can call file-management endpoin
- 7.5 High severity
ghostfolio: Missing Authorization
The GET /api/v1/public/:accessId/portfolio endpoint in ghostfolio accepts private access IDs without validating granteeUserId filtering, allowing unauthenticated access to full portfolio data. Attackers with a private access ID can retrieve sensitive portfolio
- 8.3 High severity
Liman MYS: Missing Authorization
Missing Authorization vulnerability in HAVELSAN Inc. Liman MYS allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs. This issue affects Liman MYS: before release.Master.1107.
- 8.2 High severity
Access Control System (GKS): Missing Authorization
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Armiya Information Technologies Ltd. Co. Access Control System (GKS) allows Collect Data from Common Resource Locations. This issue affects Access Control System (GKS): before Version 2.
- 9.9 Critical severity
coolify: Improper Authorization
Coolify is an open-source and self-hostable tool for managing servers, applications, and databases. Prior to 4.0.0-beta.471, terminal websocket bootstrap routes only check authentication and do not enforce terminal authorization, allowing a low-privileged team
- 8.7 High severity
FOSSBilling: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
FOSSBilling is a free, open-source billing and client management system. Versions prior to 0.8.0 allow low-privileged staff accounts to perform unauthorized actions via admin API endpoints. The root cause is a combination of the `can_always_access` module flag
- 7.8 High severity
Pardus Update: Missing Authorization
Missing Authorization vulnerability in TUBITAK BILGEM Software Technologies Research Institute Pardus Update allows Privilege Escalation. This issue affects Pardus Update: from <=0.6.3 before 0.6.6.
- 8.2 High severity
Gitea Open Source Git Server: Missing Authorization
Gitea versions up to and including 1.26.1 have insufficient permission checks for Composer package source links, which can expose private or internal package source information.
- 8.8 High severity
pardus-software: Missing Authorization
Missing Authorization vulnerability in TUBITAK BILGEM Software Technologies Research Institute pardus-software allows Argument Injection. This issue affects pardus-software: from <= 1.0.4 before 1.0.5.
- 7.1 High severity
cms: Missing Authorization
Craft CMS is a content management system (CMS). In versions 5.0.0-RC1 through 5.9.21 and 4.0.0-RC1 through 4.17.14, theAssetsController::actionDeleteFolder() only requires the deleteAssets:<volume-uid> permission for the target folder. It never enforces delete
- 9.1 Critical severity
Feast Feature Server: Missing Authorization
A vulnerability has been identified in the Feast Feature Server’s `/save-document` endpoint that allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to write arbitrary JSON files to the server's filesystem. Although the system attempts to restrict file locations, these
- 7.5 High severity
Ninja Forms – The Contact Form Builder That…: Missing Authorization
The Ninja Forms – The Contact Form Builder That Grows With You plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing authorization check on the 'ninja-forms-views/token/refresh' REST callback in all versions up to, and including, 3
- 7.5 High severity
Visualizer – Tables & Charts Manager with…: Missing Authorization
The Visualizer – Tables & Charts Manager with Built-in AI Generator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.3. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an
- 8.1 High severity
JeecgBoot: Missing Authorization
JeecgBoot through 3.9.2 contains a broken access control vulnerability that allows authenticated low-privilege users to perform full create, read, update, and delete operations on OpenAPI credentials by accessing the OpenApiAuthController and OpenApiPermission
- 8.8 High severity
DeepTutor: Missing Authorization
DeepTutor before version 1.4.10 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability that allows low-privilege users to invoke unrestricted MCP tools due to the allowed_mcp_tools function returning None instead of a denied result when mcp_tools is omitted from a use
- 8.8 High severity
ziti: Missing Authorization
OpenZiti through 2.0.0, fixed in commit 3027fdf, contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows authenticated non-admin identities with fine-grained enrollment management permissions to create enrollments for any identity, including the default admi
- 7.5 High severity
Apache ActiveMQ Broker: Missing Authorization
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Apache ActiveMQ Broker, Apache ActiveMQ All, Apache ActiveMQ. Apache ActiveMQ Classic temporary destinations are expected to be isolated to the connection that created them. The isolation can be broken as this is only che
- 9.6 Critical severity
coolify: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
Coolify is an open-source and self-hostable tool for managing servers, applications, and databases. Prior to 4.0.0-beta.474, Coolify's API controllers consistently validate server ownership with Server::whereTeamId($teamId) before any operation. However, multi
- 8.3 High severity
Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform E390, E590…: Missing Authorization
Improper Authorization Vulnerability of Maintenance Utility in Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform. This issue affects Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform E390, E590, E790, E990, E1090, E390H, E590H, E790H, E1090H: before DKCMAIN Ver. 93-07-26-xx/00, GUM Ver. 93-07-
- 8.8 High severity
MLflow: Missing Authorization
A vulnerability has been found in MLflow up to 4666cffc7912ea606d592fc38d6a75e2935f65e7. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Experiment-scoped Label Schema CRUD API. Such manipulation leads to missing authorization. It is possible to l
- 9.4 Critical severity
budibase: Missing Authorization
Budibase is an open-source low-code platform. Prior to 3.39.0, an anonymous attacker who knows or can enumerate a workspace id (app_...) and an S3-source datasource id (ds_...) can call this endpoint with no auth and obtain a 15-minute pre-signed PUT URL minte
- 7.7 High severity
rustfs: Missing Authorization
RustFS is a distributed object storage system built in Rust. From 1.0.0-alpha.1 until 1.0.0-beta.9, when the FTP frontend is enabled, the FTP read and probe handlers dispatch directly to the storage backend without ever calling the IAM authorization function t