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.
14621 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-VFCP-7W22-V7FG
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-12-16 09:31 – Updated: 2026-01-20 15:32Missing Authorization vulnerability in Bob Watu Quiz watu allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Watu Quiz: from n/a through <= 3.4.5.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-67976"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-862"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-12-16T09:16:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Missing Authorization vulnerability in Bob Watu Quiz watu allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Watu Quiz: from n/a through \u003c= 3.4.5.",
"id": "GHSA-vfcp-7w22-v7fg",
"modified": "2026-01-20T15:32:16Z",
"published": "2025-12-16T09:31:09Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-67976"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/watu/vulnerability/wordpress-watu-quiz-plugin-3-4-5-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://vdp.patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/watu/vulnerability/wordpress-watu-quiz-plugin-3-4-5-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:H/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-VFG5-PF24-9V2V
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:44 – Updated: 2025-04-20 03:50The KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.14.6 omitted an access-control check when adding a key to the current task's "default request-key keyring" via the request_key() system call, allowing a local user to use a sequence of crafted system calls to add keys to a keyring with only Search permission (not Write permission) to that keyring, related to construct_get_dest_keyring() in security/keys/request_key.c.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2017-17807"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-862"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2017-12-20T23:29:00Z",
"severity": "LOW"
},
"details": "The KEYS subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.14.6 omitted an access-control check when adding a key to the current task\u0027s \"default request-key keyring\" via the request_key() system call, allowing a local user to use a sequence of crafted system calls to add keys to a keyring with only Search permission (not Write permission) to that keyring, related to construct_get_dest_keyring() in security/keys/request_key.c.",
"id": "GHSA-vfg5-pf24-9v2v",
"modified": "2025-04-20T03:50:21Z",
"published": "2022-05-13T01:44:30Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17807"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4dca6ea1d9432052afb06baf2e3ae78188a4410b"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00004.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-1"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-2"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-3"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3620-1"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3620-2"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3632-1"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4073"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4082"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.6"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4dca6ea1d9432052afb06baf2e3ae78188a4410b"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102301"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-VFHV-G4CG-63X2
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-26 21:32 – Updated: 2026-05-26 21:32Missing Authorization vulnerability in AA-Team Woocommerce Envato Affiliates allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs.
This issue affects Woocommerce Envato Affiliates: from n/a through 1.2.1.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-14361"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-862"
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"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-05-26T21:16:35Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Missing Authorization vulnerability in AA-Team Woocommerce Envato Affiliates allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs.\n\nThis issue affects Woocommerce Envato Affiliates: from n/a through 1.2.1.",
"id": "GHSA-vfhv-g4cg-63x2",
"modified": "2026-05-26T21:32:00Z",
"published": "2026-05-26T21:32:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14361"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/wooenvato/vulnerability/wordpress-woocommerce-envato-affiliates-plugin-1-2-1-settings-change-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:H/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-VFJ6-FGCQ-5C93
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-12-09 18:30 – Updated: 2026-01-20 15:32Missing Authorization vulnerability in Ultimate Member ForumWP forumwp allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects ForumWP: from n/a through <= 2.1.4.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-67474"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-862"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-12-09T16:18:23Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Missing Authorization vulnerability in Ultimate Member ForumWP forumwp allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects ForumWP: from n/a through \u003c= 2.1.4.",
"id": "GHSA-vfj6-fgcq-5c93",
"modified": "2026-01-20T15:32:05Z",
"published": "2025-12-09T18:30:41Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-67474"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/forumwp/vulnerability/wordpress-forumwp-plugin-2-1-4-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://vdp.patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/forumwp/vulnerability/wordpress-forumwp-plugin-2-1-4-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-VFJ7-W3GQ-G683
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-04-29 09:31 – Updated: 2026-04-28 21:35Missing Authorization vulnerability in Pdfcrowd Save as PDF plugin by Pdfcrowd allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Save as PDF plugin by Pdfcrowd: from n/a through 3.2.0.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-33684"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-862"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-04-29T09:15:08Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Missing Authorization vulnerability in Pdfcrowd Save as PDF plugin by Pdfcrowd allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Save as PDF plugin by Pdfcrowd: from n/a through 3.2.0.",
"id": "GHSA-vfj7-w3gq-g683",
"modified": "2026-04-28T21:35:00Z",
"published": "2024-04-29T09:31:53Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-33684"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/save-as-pdf-by-pdfcrowd/wordpress-save-as-pdf-plugin-by-pdfcrowd-plugin-3-2-0-broken-access-control-to-stored-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-VFM9-P9FF-PCP8
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-01-09 12:30 – Updated: 2025-01-09 12:30The Newsletter2Go plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'resetStyles' AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.14. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to reset styles.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-12618"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-862"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-01-09T11:15:15Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "The Newsletter2Go plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the \u0027resetStyles\u0027 AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.14. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to reset styles.",
"id": "GHSA-vfm9-p9ff-pcp8",
"modified": "2025-01-09T12:30:55Z",
"published": "2025-01-09T12:30:55Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12618"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newsletter2go/trunk/gui/N2Go_Gui.php#L294"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/09b2d763-63ce-4cc7-aa04-589bb8697ce9?source=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-VFMC-6GQF-R52M
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-01-25 00:01 – Updated: 2022-07-12 00:00The Protect WP Admin WordPress plugin before 3.6.2 does not check for authorisation in the lib/pwa-deactivate.php file, which could allow unauthenticated users to disable the plugin (and therefore the protection offered) via a crafted request
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2021-24906"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-284",
"CWE-862",
"CWE-863"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2022-01-24T08:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "The Protect WP Admin WordPress plugin before 3.6.2 does not check for authorisation in the lib/pwa-deactivate.php file, which could allow unauthenticated users to disable the plugin (and therefore the protection offered) via a crafted request",
"id": "GHSA-vfmc-6gqf-r52m",
"modified": "2022-07-12T00:00:54Z",
"published": "2022-01-25T00:01:47Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24906"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4204682b-f657-42e1-941c-bee7a245e9fd"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-VFRR-8HPH-65PM
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-02-03 15:30 – Updated: 2026-02-03 18:30Missing Authorization vulnerability in Fahad Mahmood WP Docs wp-docs allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects WP Docs: from n/a through <= 2.2.8.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-24990"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-862"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-02-03T15:16:18Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Missing Authorization vulnerability in Fahad Mahmood WP Docs wp-docs allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects WP Docs: from n/a through \u003c= 2.2.8.",
"id": "GHSA-vfrr-8hph-65pm",
"modified": "2026-02-03T18:30:43Z",
"published": "2026-02-03T15:30:26Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-24990"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wp-docs/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-docs-plugin-2-2-8-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:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-VFVQ-VR53-W2JG
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-13 21:31 – Updated: 2026-03-13 21:31Missing Authorization vulnerability in WBW Plugins WBW Currency Switcher for WooCommerce woo-currency allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects WBW Currency Switcher for WooCommerce: from n/a through <= 2.2.5.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-32410"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-862"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-03-13T19:54:57Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Missing Authorization vulnerability in WBW Plugins WBW Currency Switcher for WooCommerce woo-currency allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects WBW Currency Switcher for WooCommerce: from n/a through \u003c= 2.2.5.",
"id": "GHSA-vfvq-vr53-w2jg",
"modified": "2026-03-13T21:31:49Z",
"published": "2026-03-13T21:31:49Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-32410"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/woo-currency/vulnerability/wordpress-wbw-currency-switcher-for-woocommerce-plugin-2-2-5-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-VG28-9F43-GMH5
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:45 – Updated: 2023-10-27 14:13Jenkins Team Foundation Server Plugin 5.157.1 and earlier does not perform a permission check in an HTTP endpoint.
This allows attackers with Overall/Read permission to enumerate credentials IDs of credentials stored in Jenkins. Those can be used as part of an attack to capture the credentials using another vulnerability.
As of publication of this advisory, there is no fix.
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"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Maven",
"name": "org.jenkins-ci.plugins:tfs"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "5.157.1"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2021-21636"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-862"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2022-12-15T16:59:25Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2021-03-30T12:16:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Jenkins Team Foundation Server Plugin 5.157.1 and earlier does not perform a permission check in an HTTP endpoint.\n\nThis allows attackers with Overall/Read permission to enumerate credentials IDs of credentials stored in Jenkins. Those can be used as part of an attack to capture the credentials using another vulnerability.\n\nAs of publication of this advisory, there is no fix.",
"id": "GHSA-vg28-9f43-gmh5",
"modified": "2023-10-27T14:13:17Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:45:46Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21636"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/jenkinsci/tfs-plugin"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.jenkins.io/security/advisory/2021-03-30/#SECURITY-2283%20(1)"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/03/30/1"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
],
"summary": "Missing permission check in Jenkins Team Foundation Server Plugin allows enumerating credentials IDs"
}
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.