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
- 9.1 Critical severity
InfusedWoo Pro: Missing Authorization
The InfusedWoo Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.2. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for unauthenticat
- 9.8 Critical severity
InfusedWoo Pro: Missing Authorization
The InfusedWoo Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via missing authorization in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.2. This is due to missing nonce verification and capability checks in the iwar_save_recipe() AJAX handler. This ma
- 8.8 High severity
InfusedWoo Pro: Missing Authorization
The InfusedWoo Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.2. This is due to the infusedwoo_gdpr_upddata() function missing authorization and capability checks, as well as lacking restrictions on whi
- 9.9 Critical severity
erpnext: Missing Authorization
ERPNext is a free and open source Enterprise Resource Planning tool. Prior to 16.9.1, certain endpoints failed to enforce proper authorization checks, allowing users to modify data beyond their permitted role. This vulnerability is fixed in 16.9.1.
- 7.8 High severity
Prisma Access Agent: Missing Authorization
A vulnerability with a privilege management mechanism in the Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access Agent® enables a locally authenticated non-administrative user to escalate their privileges to root on macOS and Linux or NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM on Windows. This allows
- 7.1 High severity
ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and…: Missing Authorization
The ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the pm_invite_user function in all versions up to, and including, 5.9.8.4. This makes it possible for authent
- 7.1 High severity
MonsterInsights – Google Analytics Dashboard…: Missing Authorization
The MonsterInsights – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Made Easy) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access and modification of data due to a missing capability checks on the get_ads_access_token() and reset_experience()
- 7.1 High severity
cms: Missing Authorization
Craft CMS is a content management system (CMS). From 5.0.0-RC1 to before 5.9.18, AssetsController::actionShowInFolder() fetches an asset by ID and returns its filename and complete folder hierarchy (including volume handle, volume UID, folder names, folder UID
- 7.1 High severity
cms: Missing Authorization
Craft CMS is a content management system (CMS). From 4.0.0 to before 4.17.12 and 5.9.18, the GraphQL Address element resolver (src/gql/resolvers/elements/Address.php) performs no schema scope filtering on top-level queries. A GraphQL API token scoped to a sing
- 9.1 Critical severity
Mem0: Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality
The mem0 v1.0.0 server lacks authentication and authorization controls for its memory reset functionality accessible via the DELETE /memories endpoint. An unauthenticated attacker can send a DELETE request that triggers a reset operation, leading to the execut
- 9.8 Critical severity
FortiSandbox: Missing Authorization
A missing authorization vulnerability in Fortinet FortiSandbox 5.0.0 through 5.0.1, FortiSandbox 4.4.0 through 4.4.8, FortiSandbox 4.2 all versions, FortiSandbox Cloud 5.0.0 through 5.0.1, FortiSandbox Cloud 4.4.5 through 4.4.8, FortiSandbox PaaS 23.4 all vers
- 8.2 High severity
Timetics: Missing Authorization
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Arraytics Timetics allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels. This issue affects Timetics: from n/a through 1.0.53.
- 7.7 High severity
AVideo: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
WWBN AVideo is an open source video platform. In versions up to and including 29.0, an unauthenticated user can read APISecret from objects/plugins.json.php and use it to call protected API endpoints (e.g. users_list) without logging in. Commit 1c36f229d0a1035
- 7.1 High severity
OpenClaw: Missing Authorization
OpenClaw before 2026.4.20 contains a guard bypass vulnerability in the agent-facing gateway config.patch and config.apply endpoints that fails to protect operator-trusted settings including sandbox policy, plugin enablement, gateway auth/TLS, hook routing, MCP
- 9.1 Critical severity
server: Missing Authorization
Bitwarden Server prior to v2026.4.0 contains a missing authorization vulnerability that allows a provider service user to add an arbitrary organization to their provider via `POST /providers/{providerId}/clients/existing`, resulting in takeover of the target o
- 7.5 High severity
Alibaba OSS Hosted: Missing Authorization
In Meari IoT Cloud alert image storage on Alibaba OSS (latest observed; storage service version not disclosed), motion snapshots are retrievable without authentication, signed URLs, or expiry enforcement. URLs function as direct object references and remain va
- 7.5 High severity
com.meari.sdk: Missing Authorization
In Meari client applications embedding "com.meari.sdk" (including CloudEdge 5.5.0 build 220, Arenti 1.8.1 build 220, and related white-label <= 1.8.x), the integrated call path to openapi-euce.mearicloud.com can be abused to retrieve WAN IP data for arbitrary
- 9.4 Critical severity
Grav is a file-based Web platform. Prior to 2.0.0-beta.2, the Login::register() method in the…
Grav is a file-based Web platform. Prior to 2.0.0-beta.2, the Login::register() method in the Login plugin accepts attacker-controlled groups and access fields from the registration POST data without server-side validation. When registration is enabled and gro
- 8.8 High severity
Automation Platform: Missing Authorization
Dell Automation Platform versions prior to 2.0.0.0, contains a missing authorization vulnerability. A low privileged attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Elevation of privileges.
- 9.4 Critical severity
phpvms: Improper Access Control
phpVMS is a PHP application to run and simulate an airline. Prior to version 7.0.6, a critical vulnerability in phpVMS allowed unauthenticated access to a legacy import feature. This issue has been patched in version 7.0.6.
- 7.5 High severity
arcane: Missing Authorization
Arcane is an interface for managing Docker containers, images, networks, and volumes. Prior to version 1.18.0, four GET endpoints under /api/templates* in Arcane's Huma backend are registered without any Security requirement, allowing any unauthenticated netwo
- 8.3 High severity
argo-workflows: Missing Authorization
Argo Workflows is an open source container-native workflow engine for orchestrating parallel jobs on Kubernetes. From version 4.0.0 to before version 4.0.5, the Sync Service's ConfigMap-backed provider (server/sync/sync_cm.go) performs zero authorization check
- 9.3 Critical severity
Secure Email Gateway: Missing Authorization
SEPPmail Secure Email Gateway before version 15.0.4 fails to enforce authorization checks for multiple endpoints in the new GINA UI, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to access functionality that should require a valid session.
- 8.8 High severity
Apache NiFi: Missing Authorization
The optional extension component TinkerpopClientService is missing the Restricted annotation with the Execute Code Required Permission in Apache NiFi 2.0.0-M1 through 2.8.0. The TinkerpopClientService supports configuration of ByteCode Submission for the Scrip
- 8.6 High severity
CashDro 3 Administration Panel: Missing Authorization
Lack of proper authorization implementation in the CashDro 3 web administration panel, version 24.01.00.26. The backend lacks authorization controls, leaving security entirely to the frontend. By modifying the binary string in the ‘Permissions’ field of the JS
- 7.7 High severity
OpenClaw: Missing Authorization
OpenClaw before 2026.4.10 contains an incomplete navigation guard vulnerability that allows attackers to trigger navigation without complete SSRF policy enforcement. Browser press/type style interactions, including pressKey and type submit flows, can bypass po
- 9.8 Critical severity
OpenClaw: Missing Authorization
OpenClaw versions 2026.2.21 before 2026.4.10 contain an authentication bypass vulnerability in the sandbox noVNC helper route that exposes interactive browser session credentials. Attackers can access the noVNC helper route without bridge authentication to gai
- 7.7 High severity
OpenClaw: Server-Side Request Forgery
OpenClaw before 2026.4.10 contains a server-side request forgery policy bypass vulnerability in existing-session browser interaction routes. Attackers can bypass SSRF navigation guards to interact with or navigate to unauthorized targets without policy enforce
- 8.5 High severity
OpenClaw: Server-Side Request Forgery
OpenClaw before 2026.4.10 contains a server-side request forgery policy bypass vulnerability in the browser tabs action select and close routes. Attackers can bypass configured browser SSRF policy protections by exploiting the /tabs/action endpoint to perform
- 7.7 High severity
OpenClaw: Missing Authorization
OpenClaw before 2026.4.14 contains an improper access control vulnerability in browser snapshot, screenshot, and tab routes that fail to consistently validate the final browser target after navigation. Authenticated callers can bypass SSRF restrictions to expo
- 9.8 Critical severity
GeekyBot — AI Copilot, Chatbot, WooCommerce…: Missing Authorization
The Geeky Bot plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in versions up to, and including, 1.2.2. This is due to a nopriv AJAX route allowing attacker-controlled model/function dispatch and reaching a plugin installer helper that downloads and
- 7.5 High severity
n8n: Missing Authorization
n8n is an open source workflow automation platform. Prior to versions 1.123.33 and 2.17.5, the dynamic-node-parameters endpoints did not verify whether the authenticated caller was authorized to use a supplied credential reference. An authenticated user with a
- 9.9 Critical severity
Apache Polaris can issue broad temporary ("vended") storage credentials during staged table…
Apache Polaris can issue broad temporary ("vended") storage credentials during staged table creation before the effective table location has been validated or durably reserved. Those temporary credentials are meant to limit the scope of accessible table data a
- 7.1 High severity
Paid Memberships Pro – Content Restriction…: Missing Authorization
The Paid Memberships Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification and disruption of Stripe webhook configuration in all versions up to, and including, 3.6.5. This is due to missing capability checks on the `wp_ajax_pmpro_stripe_create_we
- 8.8 High severity
WP Mail Gateway: Missing Authorization
The WP Mail Gateway plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on the wmg_save_provider_config AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 1.8. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subs
- 7.5 High severity
chartbrew: Missing Authorization
Chartbrew is an open-source web application that can connect directly to databases and APIs and use the data to create charts. In version 4.9.0, Chartbrew exposes POST /api/chart/:chart_id/query without authentication. The endpoint only checks team.allowReport
- 7.3 High severity
SureForms Pro: Missing Authorization
Missing Authorization vulnerability in Brainstorm Force SureForms Pro allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels. This issue affects SureForms Pro: from n/a through 2.8.0.
- 8.2 High severity
OpenClaw: Missing Authorization
OpenClaw before 2026.3.31 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability where unauthenticated plugin-auth HTTP routes receive operator runtime write scopes. Attackers can access these routes without authentication to perform privileged runtime actions intend
- 8.8 High severity
OpenClaw: Missing Authorization
OpenClaw before 2026.3.31 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability allowing paired nodes with role=node to dispatch node.event agent requests with unrestricted gateway-side tool access. Attackers with trusted paired node credentials can escalate privilege
- 8.2 High severity
Cisco Intersight Device Connector for Prism…: Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality
An improper access control vulnerability exists in the Cisco Intersight Device Connector for Nutanix Prism Central. The service exposes an API passthrough endpoint on TCP port 7373 that is accessible within the network scope of the deployment environment witho