CWE-862
Allowed-with-ReviewMissing Authorization
Abstraction: Class · Status: Incomplete
The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.
14638 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-RJ9R-F39X-H33W
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-02-10 06:30 – Updated: 2026-02-10 06:30An authenticated attacker in SAP CRM and SAP S/4HANA (Scripting Editor) could exploit a flaw in a generic function module call and execute unauthorized critical functionalities, which includes the ability to execute an arbitrary SQL statement. This leads to a full database compromise with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-0488"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-862"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-02-10T04:16:01Z",
"severity": "CRITICAL"
},
"details": "An authenticated attacker in SAP CRM and SAP S/4HANA (Scripting Editor) could exploit a flaw in a generic function module call and execute unauthorized critical functionalities, which includes the ability to execute an arbitrary SQL statement. This leads to a full database compromise with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.",
"id": "GHSA-rj9r-f39x-h33w",
"modified": "2026-02-10T06:30:38Z",
"published": "2026-02-10T06:30:38Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-0488"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://me.sap.com/notes/3697099"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://url.sap/sapsecuritypatchday"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-RJ9V-8PP5-CRVW
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-06-09 09:30 – Updated: 2024-06-09 09:30Missing Authorization vulnerability in WPClever WPC Badge Management for WooCommerce.This issue affects WPC Badge Management for WooCommerce: from n/a through 2.4.0.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-30537"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-862"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-06-09T09:15:10Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Missing Authorization vulnerability in WPClever WPC Badge Management for WooCommerce.This issue affects WPC Badge Management for WooCommerce: from n/a through 2.4.0.",
"id": "GHSA-rj9v-8pp5-crvw",
"modified": "2024-06-09T09:30:34Z",
"published": "2024-06-09T09:30:34Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-30537"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wpc-badge-management/wordpress-wpc-badge-management-for-woocommerce-plugin-2-4-0-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-RJCP-5FMG-8753
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:50 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:50An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.0.6, 11.1.x before 11.1.5, and 11.2.x before 11.2.2. There is Missing Authorization Control for API Repository Storage.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2018-16048"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-862"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2018-10-03T16:29:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.0.6, 11.1.x before 11.1.5, and 11.2.x before 11.2.2. There is Missing Authorization Control for API Repository Storage.",
"id": "GHSA-rjcp-5fmg-8753",
"modified": "2022-05-13T01:50:15Z",
"published": "2022-05-13T01:50:15Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16048"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://about.gitlab.com/2018/08/28/security-release-gitlab-11-dot-2-dot-2-released"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/49947"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-RJGV-2M3V-C2V3
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-12-13 18:30 – Updated: 2025-12-13 18:30The Postem Ipsum plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data to Privilege Escalation due to a missing capability check on the postem_ipsum_generate_users() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to create arbitrary user accounts with the administrator role.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-14397"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-862"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-12-13T16:16:49Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "The Postem Ipsum plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data to Privilege Escalation due to a missing capability check on the postem_ipsum_generate_users() function in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to create arbitrary user accounts with the administrator role.",
"id": "GHSA-rjgv-2m3v-c2v3",
"modified": "2025-12-13T18:30:21Z",
"published": "2025-12-13T18:30:21Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14397"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/postem-ipsum/trunk/admin/postem-ipsum-admin.php#L1150"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/229c146d-3f99-4f63-9a6f-997075846815?source=cve"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-RJH4-5HVF-F2F8
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:47 – Updated: 2022-05-24 17:47An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.31.12 and 1.32.x through 1.35.x before 1.35.2. ContentModelChange does not check if a user has correct permissions to create and set the content model of a nonexistent page.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2021-30155"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-862"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2021-04-09T07:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "An issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.31.12 and 1.32.x through 1.35.x before 1.35.2. ContentModelChange does not check if a user has correct permissions to create and set the content model of a nonexistent page.",
"id": "GHSA-rjh4-5hvf-f2f8",
"modified": "2022-05-24T17:47:01Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:47:01Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-30155"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00003.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00006.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/26UJGHF7LJDOCQN6A3Z4PM7PYRKENJHE"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2OMSV7B2TCFBOCICN3B4SMQP5HVRJQIT"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T270988"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-40"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4889"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-RJH7-PFJ7-7MQ7
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-13 21:31 – Updated: 2026-03-13 21:31Missing Authorization vulnerability in vowelweb VW Fitness vw-fitness allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects VW Fitness: from n/a through <= 4.3.4.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-32434"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-862"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-03-13T19:55:03Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Missing Authorization vulnerability in vowelweb VW Fitness vw-fitness allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects VW Fitness: from n/a through \u003c= 4.3.4.",
"id": "GHSA-rjh7-pfj7-7mq7",
"modified": "2026-03-13T21:31:50Z",
"published": "2026-03-13T21:31:50Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-32434"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/vw-fitness/vulnerability/wordpress-vw-fitness-theme-4-3-4-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-RJJ3-8XXQ-VXR6
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-09-06 06:30 – Updated: 2025-09-06 06:30The Cloud SAML SSO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'set_organization_settings' action of the csso_handle_actions() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.19. The handler reads client-supplied POST parameters for organization settings and passes them directly to update_option() without any check of the user’s capabilities or a CSRF nonce. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change critical configuration (including toggling signing and encryption), potentially breaking the SSO flow and causing a denial-of-service.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-7040"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-862"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-09-06T04:16:02Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "The Cloud SAML SSO plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the \u0027set_organization_settings\u0027 action of the csso_handle_actions() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.19. The handler reads client-supplied POST parameters for organization settings and passes them directly to update_option() without any check of the user\u2019s capabilities or a CSRF nonce. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change critical configuration (including toggling signing and encryption), potentially breaking the SSO flow and causing a denial-of-service.",
"id": "GHSA-rjj3-8xxq-vxr6",
"modified": "2025-09-06T06:30:32Z",
"published": "2025-09-06T06:30:32Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-7040"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cloud-sso-single-sign-on/tags/1.0.19/assets/CSSO_Init.php"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cloud-sso-single-sign-on/tags/1.0.19/assets/base/CSSO_ActionHandler.php"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cloud-sso-single-sign-on/tags/1.0.19/assets/base/CSSO_services.php"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cloud-sso-single-sign-on/tags/1.0.19/saml-sso-plugin.php"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cloud-sso-single-sign-on/trunk/assets/base/CSSO_ActionHandler.php?rev=3354459#L202"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://wordpress.org/plugins/cloud-sso-single-sign-on/#developers"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/59622166-3316-42e5-bf28-69eb38231755?source=cve"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-RJM5-8QXF-JGHP
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-01-23 15:31 – Updated: 2026-01-23 22:35Missing Authorization vulnerability in Imaginate Solutions File Uploads Addon for WooCommerce woo-addon-uploads allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects File Uploads Addon for WooCommerce: from n/a through <= 1.7.3.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-24625"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-862"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-01-23T15:16:21Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Missing Authorization vulnerability in Imaginate Solutions File Uploads Addon for WooCommerce woo-addon-uploads allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects File Uploads Addon for WooCommerce: from n/a through \u003c= 1.7.3.",
"id": "GHSA-rjm5-8qxf-jghp",
"modified": "2026-01-23T22:35:52Z",
"published": "2026-01-23T15:31:38Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24625"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/woo-addon-uploads/vulnerability/wordpress-file-uploads-addon-for-woocommerce-plugin-1-7-3-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-RJMW-FRQ7-QF5G
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-06-25 15:31 – Updated: 2024-06-25 15:31Missing authorization in Client-Server API in Conduit <=0.7.0, allowing for any alias to be removed and added to another room, which can be used for privilege escalation by moving the #admins alias to a room which they control, allowing them to run commands resetting passwords, siging json with the server's key, deactivating users, and more
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-6303"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-862"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-06-25T13:15:51Z",
"severity": "CRITICAL"
},
"details": "Missing authorization in Client-Server API in Conduit \u003c=0.7.0, allowing for any alias to be removed and added to another room, which can be used for privilege escalation by moving the #admins alias to a room which they control, allowing them to run commands resetting passwords, siging json with the server\u0027s key, deactivating users, and more",
"id": "GHSA-rjmw-frq7-qf5g",
"modified": "2024-06-25T15:31:08Z",
"published": "2024-06-25T15:31:08Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6303"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://conduit.rs/changelog/#v0-8-0-2024-06-12"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://gitlab.com/famedly/conduit/-/releases/v0.8.0"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-RJP6-WHC2-47RM
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-10-14 19:00 – Updated: 2022-10-18 12:00OpenHarmony-v3.1.2 and prior versions have a Missing permission validation vulnerability in param service of startup subsystem. An malicious application installed on the device could elevate its privileges to the root user, disable security features, or cause DoS by disabling particular services.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-42488"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-862"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2022-10-14T15:16:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "OpenHarmony-v3.1.2 and prior versions have a Missing permission validation vulnerability in param service of startup subsystem. An malicious application installed on the device could elevate its privileges to the root user, disable security features, or cause DoS by disabling particular services.",
"id": "GHSA-rjp6-whc2-47rm",
"modified": "2022-10-18T12:00:33Z",
"published": "2022-10-14T19:00:40Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42488"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://gitee.com/openharmony/security/blob/master/en/security-disclosure/2022/2022-10.md"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
Mitigation
- 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) [REF-229] 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.
Mitigation
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 [REF-7].
Mitigation MIT-4.4
Strategy: Libraries or Frameworks
- 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 [REF-233] and the OWASP ESAPI Access Control feature [REF-45].
Mitigation
- 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.
Mitigation
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.
CAPEC-665: Exploitation of Thunderbolt Protection Flaws
An adversary leverages a firmware weakness within the Thunderbolt protocol, on a computing device to manipulate Thunderbolt controller firmware in order to exploit vulnerabilities in the implementation of authorization and verification schemes within Thunderbolt protection mechanisms. Upon gaining physical access to a target device, the adversary conducts high-level firmware manipulation of the victim Thunderbolt controller SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface) flash, through the use of a SPI Programing device and an external Thunderbolt device, typically as the target device is booting up. If successful, this allows the adversary to modify memory, subvert authentication mechanisms, spoof identities and content, and extract data and memory from the target device. Currently 7 major vulnerabilities exist within Thunderbolt protocol with 9 attack vectors as noted in the Execution Flow.