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
- 9.8 Critical severity
forest: Missing Authorization
A security flaw has been discovered in rymcu forest up to de53ce79db9faa2efc4e79ce1077a302c42a1224. Impacted is the function getAll/addDic/getAllDic/deleteDic of the file src/main/java/com/rymcu/forest/lucene/api/UserDicController.java. The manipulation result
- 8.1 High severity
Connector Wizard (formerly LC Wizard): Missing Authorization
The LC Wizard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to a missing capability check in the ghl-wizard/inc/wp_user.php file in versions 1.2.10 to 1.3.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create new user accounts with
- 7.5 High severity
Miraculous: Missing Authorization
Missing Authorization vulnerability in kamleshyadav Miraculous miraculous allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Miraculous: from n/a through < 2.0.9.
- 8.2 High severity
Ai Image Alt Text Generator for WP: Missing Authorization
Missing Authorization vulnerability in WP Messiah Ai Image Alt Text Generator for WP ai-image-alt-text-generator-for-wp allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Ai Image Alt Text Generator for WP: from n/a thro
- 7.1 High severity
Info Cards: Missing Authorization
Missing Authorization vulnerability in bPlugins Info Cards info-cards allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs.This issue affects Info Cards: from n/a through <= 1.0.11.
- 7.1 High severity
Image Gallery block – Create and display photo…: Missing Authorization
Missing Authorization vulnerability in bPlugins Image Gallery block – Create and display photo gallery/photo album. 3d-image-gallery allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs.This issue affects Image Gallery block – Create and display pho
- 8.7 High severity
marin3r: Missing Authorization
MARIN3R is a lightweight, CRD based envoy control plane for kubernetes. In versions 0.13.3 and below, there is a cross-namespace secret access vulnerability in the project's DiscoveryServiceCertificate which allows users to bypass RBAC and access secrets in un
- 8.6 High severity
Document Embedder – Embed PDFs, Word, Excel…: Missing Authorization
The Document Embedder – Embed PDFs, Word, Excel, and Other Files plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access/modification/loss of data in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.0. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is au
- 7.5 High severity
CanalDenuncia.app: Missing Authorization
A lack of authorisation vulnerability has been detected in CanalDenuncia.app. This vulnerability allows an attacker to access other users' information by sending a POST through the parameters 'id_denuncia' and 'id_user' in '/backend/api/buscarDenunciasById.php
- 7.5 High severity
CanalDenuncia.app: Missing Authorization
A lack of authorisation vulnerability has been detected in CanalDenuncia.app. This vulnerability allows an attacker to access other users' information by sending a POST through the parameter 'id_archivo' in '/backend/api/verArchivo.php'.
- 7.5 High severity
CanalDenuncia.app: Missing Authorization
A lack of authorisation vulnerability has been detected in CanalDenuncia.app. This vulnerability allows an attacker to access other users' information by sending a POST through the parameter 'email' in '/backend/api/users/searchUserByEmail.php'.
- 7.5 High severity
CanalDenuncia.app: Missing Authorization
A lack of authorisation vulnerability has been detected in CanalDenuncia.app. This vulnerability allows an attacker to access other users' information by sending a POST through the parameter 'id_user' in '/backend/api/buscarUsuarioId.php'.
- 7.5 High severity
CanalDenuncia.app: Missing Authorization
A lack of authorisation vulnerability has been detected in CanalDenuncia.app. This vulnerability allows an attacker to access other users' information by sending a POST through the parameters 'id_denuncia' and 'seguro' in '/backend/api/buscarUsuarioByDenuncia.
- 7.5 High severity
CanalDenuncia.app: Missing Authorization
A lack of authorisation vulnerability has been detected in CanalDenuncia.app. This vulnerability allows an attacker to access other users' information by sending a POST through the parameters 'id_tp_denuncia' and 'id_sociedad' in '/backend/api/buscarTipoDenunc
- 7.5 High severity
CanalDenuncia.app: Missing Authorization
A lack of authorisation vulnerability has been detected in CanalDenuncia.app. This vulnerability allows an attacker to access other users' information by sending a POST through the parameter 'id_sociedad' in '/backend/api/buscarTipoDenuncia.php'.
- 7.5 High severity
CanalDenuncia.app: Missing Authorization
A lack of authorisation vulnerability has been detected in CanalDenuncia.app. This vulnerability allows an attacker to access other users' information by sending a POST through the parameters 'id_denuncia' and 'id_user' in '/backend/api/buscarTestigoByIdDenunc
- 7.5 High severity
CanalDenuncia.app: Missing Authorization
A lack of authorisation vulnerability has been detected in CanalDenuncia.app. This vulnerability allows an attacker to access other users' information by sending a POST through the parameter 'web' in '/backend/api/buscarSSOParametros.php'.
- 7.5 High severity
CanalDenuncia.app: Missing Authorization
A lack of authorisation vulnerability has been detected in CanalDenuncia.app. This vulnerability allows an attacker to access other users' information by sending a POST through the parameter 'web' in '/backend/api/buscarConfiguracionParametros.php'.
- 7.5 High severity
CanalDenuncia.app: Missing Authorization
A lack of authorisation vulnerability has been detected in CanalDenuncia.app. This vulnerability allows an attacker to access other users' information by sending a POST through the parameters 'id' and ' 'id_sociedad' in '/api/buscarEmpresaById.php'.
- 7.5 High severity
CanalDenuncia.app: Missing Authorization
A lack of authorisation vulnerability has been detected in CanalDenuncia.app. This vulnerability allows an attacker to access other users' information by sending a POST through the parameters 'id_denuncia' and 'id_user' in '/backend/api/buscarDocumentosByIdDen
- 7.5 High severity
CanalDenuncia.app: Missing Authorization
A lack of authorisation vulnerability has been detected in CanalDenuncia.app. This vulnerability allows an attacker to access other users' information by sending a POST through the parameter 'id_denuncia' in '/backend/api/buscarDenunciaByPin.php'.
- 7.5 High severity
CanalDenuncia.app: Missing Authorization
A lack of authorisation vulnerability has been detected in CanalDenuncia.app. This vulnerability allows an attacker to access other users' information by sending a POST through the parameter 'web' in '/backend/api/buscarConfiguracionParametros2.php'.
- 7.5 High severity
CanalDenuncia.app: Missing Authorization
A lack of authorisation vulnerability has been detected in CanalDenuncia.app. This vulnerability allows an attacker to access other users' information by sending a POST through the parameter 'id_denuncia' in '/backend/api/buscarComentariosByDenuncia.php'.
- 9.8 Critical severity
Simple User Capabilities: Missing Authorization
The Simple User Capabilities plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to a missing capability check on the suc_submit_capabilities() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers
- 7.5 High severity
Crypto Payment Gateway with Payeer for…: Missing Authorization
The Crypto Payment Gateway with Payeer for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to payment bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.3. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying a payments status through server-side validation though th
- 8.8 High severity
Image Comparison Addon for Elementor: Missing Authorization
Multiple plugins for WordPress with the Jewel Theme Recommended Plugins Library are vulnerable to Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type via arbitrary plugin installation in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.2.3. This is due to missing capability
- 8.8 High severity
i: Missing Authorization
IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, 7.3, and 7.2 is vulnerable to privilege escalation caused by an invalid IBM i SQL services authorization check. A malicious actor can use the elevated privileges of another user profile to gain root access to the host operating system.
- 9.8 Critical severity
Post SMTP – Complete Email Deliverability and…: Missing Authorization
The Post SMTP – Complete SMTP Solution with Logs, Alerts, Backup SMTP & Mobile App plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the __construct function in all versions up to, and including, 3.6.0. This
- 8.8 High severity
ELOG: Missing Authorization
ELOG allows an authenticated user to modify another user's profile. An attacker can edit a target user's email address, then request a password reset, and take control of the target account. By default, ELOG is not configured to allow self-registration.
- 7.1 High severity
ELOG: Missing Authorization
ELOG allows an authenticated user to modify or overwrite the configuration file, resulting in denial of service. If the execute facility is specifically enabled with the "-x" command line flag, attackers could execute OS commands on the host machine. By defaul
- 9.8 Critical severity
XI: Missing Authorization
Nagios XI versions prior to 2024R1.1.2 contain a missing authorization control when the 'Allow Insecure Logins' option is enabled. Under this configuration, any user can create valid login credentials for other users without proper authorization. This can lead
- 8.8 High severity
XI: Missing Authorization
Nagios XI versions prior to 2024R1 contain a missing access control vulnerability via the Web SSH Terminal. A remote, low-privileged attacker could access or interact with the terminal interface without sufficient authorization, potentially allowing unauthoriz
- 8.1 High severity
jumpserver: Missing Authorization
JumpServer is an open source bastion host and an operation and maintenance security audit system. In JumpServer versions prior to v3.10.20-lts and v4.10.11-lts, an authenticated, non-privileged user can retrieve connection tokens belonging to other users via t
- 8.8 High severity
GitLab: Missing Authorization
GitLab has remediated an issue in EE affecting all versions from 17.1 before 18.3.5, 18.4 before 18.4.3, and 18.5 before 18.5.1 that could have allowed an authenticated attacker with specific permissions to hijack project runners from other projects.
- 8.1 High severity
GitLab: Missing Authorization
GitLab has remediated an issue in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 17.6.0 before 18.3.5, 18.4 before 18.4.3, and 18.5 before 18.5.1 that could have allowed an authenticated attacker to execute unauthorized quick actions by including malicious commands in
- 8.7 High severity
dashboard: Missing Authorization
Karmada Dashboard is a general-purpose, web-based control panel for Karmada which is a multi-cluster management project. Prior to version 0.2.0, there is an authentication bypass vulnerability in the Karmada Dashboard API. The backend API endpoints (e.g., /api
- 8.8 High severity
App Connect Enterprise: Missing Authorization
IBM App Connect Enterprise 13.0.1.0 through 13.0.4.2, and 12.0.1.0 through 12.0.12.17 could allow an authenticated user to perform unauthorized actions on customer defined resources due to missing authorization.
- 8.7 High severity
booklore: Missing Authorization
BookLore is a self-hosted web app for organizing and managing personal book collections. In versions 1.8.1 and prior, an authentication bypass vulnerability in the BookMediaController allows any unauthenticated user to access and download book covers, thumbnai
- 7.2 High severity
Official Integration for Billingo: Missing Authorization
Missing Authorization vulnerability in billingo Official Integration for Billingo billingo allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Official Integration for Billingo: from n/a through <= 4.3.0.
- 7.5 High severity
WPLMS: Missing Authorization
Missing Authorization vulnerability in VibeThemes WPLMS wplms_plugin allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs.This issue affects WPLMS: from n/a through <= 1.9.9.7.